Kenneth

Last seen for girls in 2019 at #12,448 · #294 for boys in 2025, 1,148 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#13
1939 · 14,715 births
Debut · boys
1880
32 births
In top 100 · boys
104 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,283,974
since 1880

Kenneth over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #13, 1939boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2941,148
2024—#2841,190
2023—#2621,321
2022—#2631,312
2021—#2581,373
2020—#2431,483
2019#12,4487#2331,623
2018—#2251,671
2017—#2171,766
2016#16,2155#2081,921
2015—#1982,033
2014—#1912,153
2013—#1872,177
2012—#1752,224
2011—#1702,217
2010#16,9925#1602,428
2009—#1512,612
2008#15,4056#1372,967
2007#17,6365#1353,108
2006#11,4179#1293,243
2005#13,0107#1223,368
2004#6,76817#1193,425
2003#10,4259#1113,643
2002—#1043,665
2001#13,5216#973,907
2000#13,1546#944,152
1999#9,4799#894,285
1998#9,2609#874,586
1997#6,16315#834,659
1996#7,57411#774,973
1995#5,95815#725,226
1994#5,71316#655,679
1993#3,87727#606,276
1992#4,52822#596,732
1991#3,93626#547,576
1990#2,90039#528,262
1989#3,04535#538,555
1988#1,80269#518,567
1987#1,59178#538,354
1986#1,42090#508,453
1985#1,85660#478,992
1984#1,36886#468,790
1983#1,44780#458,965
1982#1,68467#459,354
1981#1,43385#419,472
1980#1,48281#419,608
1979#1,66167#419,236
1978#1,61466#419,021
1977#1,49873#399,452
1976#1,40675#389,127
1975#1,58662#359,634
1974#1,53263#3410,143
1973#1,15195#2810,979
1972#1,30378#2712,334
1971#1,42773#2514,763
1970#1,108106#2516,800
1969#1,066106#2317,553
1968#1,09994#2318,077
1967#1,04697#2219,263
1966#1,011104#2120,834
1965#982111#2122,677
1964#932127#1824,850
1963#1,12694#1825,235
1962#978119#1825,241
1961#1,23280#1626,100
1960#1,12693#1627,701
1959#1,005110#1526,640
1958#1,028103#1426,684
1957#1,17381#1428,064
1956#1,22872#1627,432
1955#1,19770#1526,743
1954#1,27860#1726,186
1953#1,33253#1725,507
1952#1,19563#1625,909
1951#1,19061#1625,841
1950#1,39643#1523,813
1949#1,15462#1523,589
1948#1,15760#1523,550
1947#1,22854#1524,586
1946#1,16554#1522,042
1945#1,15546#1618,096
1944#1,11549#1618,093
1943#1,10353#1519,112
1942#1,00660#1518,210
1941#1,41830#1516,143
1940#97154#1515,132
1939#1,07944#1314,715
1938#99251#1414,399
1937#1,19636#1413,219
1936#1,23034#1412,486
1935#1,08441#1512,067
1934#99348#1511,800
1933#98549#1511,410
1932#91359#1411,742
1931#78474#1411,568
1930#75586#1711,705
1929#74289#1810,841
1928#82177#1711,167
1927#81780#1810,848
1926#87971#1810,342
1925#1,07450#1910,146
1924#1,15146#1910,355
1923#1,03753#219,734
1922#1,19042#219,258
1921#1,37434#228,959
1920#1,28236#237,840
1919#1,39331#266,796
1918#1,12643#276,809
1917#1,40228#276,141
1916#1,33230#276,012
1915#1,47524#285,681
1914#1,38521#304,178
1913#1,52815#333,065
1912#1,71911#332,538
1911—#401,148
1910—#43880
1909#1,9576#41746
1908—#40692
1907—#47589
1906—#45534
1905—#52474
1904#1,6596#57414
1903—#67330
1902—#78275
1901—#78246
1900—#90279
1899—#87214
1898—#100191
1897—#105164
1896—#106175
1895—#131127
1894—#144105
1893—#17283
1892—#157102
1891—#19165
1890—#18672
1889—#19766
1888—#26245
1887—#27235
1886—#27538
1885—#25841
1884—#33128
1883—#32426
1882—#37722
1881—#29629
1880—#29132
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Kenneth was already there! It came in at #291, and was given to 32 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 33 boys a year got the name.

Where Kenneth is popular in 1941

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #17 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 52 boysAKMaine: #16 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 73 boysMEVermont: #24 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 88 boysVTNew Hampshire: #16 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 61 boysNHWashington: #16 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 65 boysWAIdaho: #16 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 68 boysIDMontana: #16 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 72 boysMTNorth Dakota: #13 for boys · 117 births · 1 in 48 boysNDMinnesota: #16 for boys · 425 births · 1 in 58 boysMNIllinois: #13 for boys · 1,175 births · 1 in 54 boysILWisconsin: #11 for boys · 549 births · 1 in 48 boysWIMichigan: #15 for boys · 919 births · 1 in 54 boysMINew York: #19 for boys · 1,167 births · 1 in 86 boysNYMassachusetts: #17 for boys · 519 births · 1 in 64 boysMARhode Island: #20 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 68 boysRIOregon: #14 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 55 boysORNevada: #11 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 43 boysNVWyoming: #16 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 66 boysWYSouth Dakota: #15 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 54 boysSDIowa: #15 for boys · 368 births · 1 in 59 boysIAIndiana: #14 for boys · 462 births · 1 in 65 boysINOhio: #14 for boys · 977 births · 1 in 61 boysOHPennsylvania: #16 for boys · 1,081 births · 1 in 75 boysPANew Jersey: #17 for boys · 417 births · 1 in 73 boysNJConnecticut: #20 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 78 boysCTCalifornia: #16 for boys · 765 births · 1 in 77 boysCAUtah: #14 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 77 boysUTColorado: #15 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 65 boysCONebraska: #12 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 52 boysNEMissouri: #14 for boys · 515 births · 1 in 60 boysMOKentucky: #14 for boys · 450 births · 1 in 63 boysKYWest Virginia: #16 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 79 boysWVVirginia: #15 for boys · 297 births · 1 in 87 boysVAMaryland: #15 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 85 boysMDDelaware: #18 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 84 boysDEArizona: #21 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 94 boysAZNew Mexico: #38 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 154 boysNMKansas: #13 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 53 boysKSArkansas: #18 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 88 boysARTennessee: #15 for boys · 435 births · 1 in 68 boysTNNorth Carolina: #17 for boys · 399 births · 1 in 97 boysNCSouth Carolina: #27 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 129 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #16 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 79 boysDCOklahoma: #12 for boys · 374 births · 1 in 58 boysOKLouisiana: #24 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 120 boysLAMississippi: #32 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 156 boysMSAlabama: #21 for boys · 278 births · 1 in 106 boysALGeorgia: #24 for boys · 259 births · 1 in 125 boysGAHawaii: #8 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 40 boysHITexas: #14 for boys · 810 births · 1 in 82 boysTXFlorida: #18 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 103 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#8 · 1 in 40
  2. Nevada#11 · 1 in 43
  3. Wisconsin#11 · 1 in 48
  4. Nebraska#12 · 1 in 52
  5. Oklahoma#12 · 1 in 58

Best ever in a state: #6 in Utah, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Hawaii#8971 in 40
Nevada#11161 in 43
Wisconsin#115491 in 48
Nebraska#121911 in 52
Oklahoma#123741 in 58
Illinois#131,1751 in 54
Kansas#132581 in 53
North Dakota#131171 in 48
Indiana#144621 in 65
Kentucky#144501 in 63
Missouri#145151 in 60
Ohio#149771 in 61
Oregon#141511 in 55
Texas#148101 in 82
Utah#14761 in 77
Colorado#151501 in 65
Iowa#153681 in 59
Maryland#151791 in 85
Michigan#159191 in 54
South Dakota#15951 in 54
Tennessee#154351 in 68
Virginia#152971 in 87
California#167651 in 77
District of Columbia#16951 in 79
Idaho#16701 in 68
Maine#16931 in 73
Minnesota#164251 in 58
Montana#16661 in 72
New Hampshire#16591 in 61
Pennsylvania#161,0811 in 75
Washington#162131 in 65
West Virginia#162511 in 79
Wyoming#16291 in 66
Alaska#17101 in 52
Massachusetts#175191 in 64
New Jersey#174171 in 73
North Carolina#173991 in 97
Arkansas#182251 in 88
Delaware#18231 in 84
Florida#181611 in 103
New York#191,1671 in 86
Connecticut#201671 in 78
Rhode Island#20731 in 68
Alabama#212781 in 106
Arizona#21551 in 94
Georgia#242591 in 125
Louisiana#242031 in 120
Vermont#24301 in 88
South Carolina#271681 in 129
Mississippi#321421 in 156
New Mexico#38391 in 154

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kenneth
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#284 → #294)
  • 51 spots since 2020 (#243 → #294)
  • 96 spots since 2015 (#198 → #294)
  • Biggest jump: 73 spots in 1885 (#331 → #258)
  • Biggest drop: 81 spots in 1882 (#296 → #377)
Rise & fade · boys
59 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1939 at #13 (14,715 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 53 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 104 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 104 yrs · run 1898–2001
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 73
  • Highest: 1 in 73 boys born in 1951 were named Kenneth (1.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,488 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
  • Its best rank, #13 in 1939, was only 1 in 75 (1.3%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Kenneth (262,819) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s362#197 (1889)#288
1890s1,298#87 (1899)#138
1900s4,579#40 (1908)#60
1910s43,248#26 (1919)#31
1920s99,490#17 (1928)#20
1930s125,111#13 (1939)#15
1940s198,553#15 (1947)#15
1950s262,819#14 (1957)#16
1960s227,531#16 (1960)#20
1970s111,489#25 (1970)#33
1980s89,110#41 (1980)#47
1990s58,254#52 (1990)#70
2000s34,090#94 (2000)#120
2010s20,213#160 (2010)#196
2020s7,827#243 (2020)#267

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kenneth in 1941

girls
#1,418
30 births · 1 in 40,271 girls
boys
#15
16,143 births · 1 in 76 boys

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #1,418Kenneth30

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #15Kenneth16,143
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 40,271 of them was named Kenneth, which outranked 72.1% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenneth
  1. #1,384Sofia31
  2. #1,384Tonia31
  3. #1,384Tonya31
  4. #1,418Kenneth30
  5. #1,418Amparo30
  6. #1,418Angelica30
  7. #1,418Annita30
  8. #1,446Alexandria29
  9. #1,446Ceola29
  10. #1,446Clair29

Tied with 27 names at #1,418; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 76 of them was named Kenneth, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenneth
  1. #12Joseph19,808
  2. #13George19,260
  3. #14Jerry16,799
  4. #15Kenneth16,143
  5. #16Michael15,935
  6. #17Edward15,580
  7. #18Paul15,166
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1941 →