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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #13, 1939boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 1958

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #11 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 54 boysAKMaine: #25 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 93 boysMEVermont: #27 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 102 boysVTNew Hampshire: #25 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 88 boysNHWashington: #18 for boys · 423 births · 1 in 75 boysWAIdaho: #22 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 89 boysIDMontana: #16 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 70 boysMTNorth Dakota: #27 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 102 boysNDMinnesota: #28 for boys · 357 births · 1 in 115 boysMNIllinois: #18 for boys · 1,436 births · 1 in 79 boysILWisconsin: #25 for boys · 488 births · 1 in 96 boysWIMichigan: #16 for boys · 1,402 births · 1 in 70 boysMINew York: #21 for boys · 2,081 births · 1 in 87 boysNYMassachusetts: #20 for boys · 754 births · 1 in 76 boysMARhode Island: #15 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 55 boysRIOregon: #21 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 80 boysORNevada: #15 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 73 boysNVWyoming: #11 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 53 boysWYSouth Dakota: #28 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 92 boysSDIowa: #32 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 127 boysIAIndiana: #21 for boys · 650 births · 1 in 84 boysINOhio: #20 for boys · 1,457 births · 1 in 79 boysOHPennsylvania: #20 for boys · 1,558 births · 1 in 79 boysPANew Jersey: #16 for boys · 870 births · 1 in 70 boysNJConnecticut: #23 for boys · 323 births · 1 in 82 boysCTCalifornia: #15 for boys · 2,046 births · 1 in 85 boysCAUtah: #19 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 86 boysUTColorado: #16 for boys · 273 births · 1 in 76 boysCONebraska: #25 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 98 boysNEMissouri: #13 for boys · 713 births · 1 in 68 boysMOKentucky: #15 for boys · 522 births · 1 in 69 boysKYWest Virginia: #20 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 87 boysWVVirginia: #11 for boys · 660 births · 1 in 66 boysVAMaryland: #15 for boys · 448 births · 1 in 72 boysMDDelaware: #17 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 76 boysDEArizona: #17 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 96 boysAZNew Mexico: #16 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 87 boysNMKansas: #17 for boys · 310 births · 1 in 76 boysKSArkansas: #12 for boys · 316 births · 1 in 63 boysARTennessee: #16 for boys · 572 births · 1 in 70 boysTNNorth Carolina: #11 for boys · 831 births · 1 in 63 boysNCSouth Carolina: #9 for boys · 444 births · 1 in 65 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #17 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 73 boysDCOklahoma: #16 for boys · 320 births · 1 in 74 boysOKLouisiana: #7 for boys · 738 births · 1 in 58 boysLAMississippi: #12 for boys · 380 births · 1 in 71 boysMSAlabama: #10 for boys · 588 births · 1 in 65 boysALGeorgia: #9 for boys · 783 births · 1 in 62 boysGAHawaii: #21 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 110 boysHITexas: #10 for boys · 1,655 births · 1 in 74 boysTXFlorida: #11 for boys · 752 births · 1 in 69 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Louisiana#7 · 1 in 58
  2. Georgia#9 · 1 in 62
  3. South Carolina#9 · 1 in 65
  4. Alabama#10 · 1 in 65
  5. Texas#10 · 1 in 74

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#77381 in 58
Georgia#97831 in 62
South Carolina#94441 in 65
Alabama#105881 in 65
Texas#101,6551 in 74
Alaska#11581 in 54
Florida#117521 in 69
North Carolina#118311 in 63
Virginia#116601 in 66
Wyoming#11621 in 53
Arkansas#123161 in 63
Mississippi#123801 in 71
Missouri#137131 in 68
California#152,0461 in 85
Kentucky#155221 in 69
Maryland#154481 in 72
Nevada#15361 in 73
Rhode Island#151611 in 55
Colorado#162731 in 76
Michigan#161,4021 in 70
Montana#161101 in 70
New Jersey#168701 in 70
New Mexico#161481 in 87
Oklahoma#163201 in 74
Tennessee#165721 in 70
Arizona#171601 in 96
Delaware#17681 in 76
District of Columbia#172051 in 73
Kansas#173101 in 76
Illinois#181,4361 in 79
Washington#184231 in 75
Utah#191361 in 86
Massachusetts#207541 in 76
Ohio#201,4571 in 79
Pennsylvania#201,5581 in 79
West Virginia#202481 in 87
Hawaii#21651 in 110
Indiana#216501 in 84
New York#212,0811 in 87
Oregon#212121 in 80
Idaho#22831 in 89
Connecticut#233231 in 82
Maine#251151 in 93
Nebraska#251601 in 98
New Hampshire#25711 in 88
Wisconsin#254881 in 96
North Dakota#27731 in 102
Vermont#27391 in 102
Minnesota#283571 in 115
South Dakota#28841 in 92
Iowa#322401 in 127

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 1958

girls
#1,028
103 births · 1 in 19,530 girls
boys
#14
26,684 births · 1 in 80 boys

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #1,028Kenneth103

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #14Kenneth26,684
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 19,530 of them was named Kenneth, which outranked 85.4% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenneth
  1. #1,018Ola104
  2. #1,018Rona104
  3. #1,018Suzann104
  4. #1,028Kenneth103
  5. #1,028Alana103
  6. #1,028Daryl103
  7. #1,028Kathey103
  8. #1,037Antonette102
  9. #1,037Chrystal102
  10. #1,037Daria102

Tied with 8 names at #1,028; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

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

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 80 of them was named Kenneth, which outranked 99.7% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenneth
  1. #11Charles32,242
  2. #12Joseph30,115
  3. #13Timothy28,797
  4. #14Kenneth26,684
  5. #15Paul26,264
  6. #16Daniel25,619
  7. #17Gary25,287
Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 742Wayde#1,364 → #622
  2. ↑ 568Maverick#1,364 → #796
  3. ↑ 516Darren#897 → #381
  4. ↑ 435Tobin#1,250 → #815
  5. ↑ 406Dion#928 → #522
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Claud#957 → #1,345
  2. ↓ 349Ritchie#823 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 333Levon#944 → #1,277
  4. ↓ 320Weston#957 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 297Parker#925 → #1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958 →