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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #37 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 123 boysAKMaine: #43 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 152 boysMEVermont: #65 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 297 boysVTNew Hampshire: #30 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 96 boysNHWashington: #38 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 143 boysWAIdaho: #31 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 119 boysIDMontana: #44 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 187 boysMTNorth Dakota: #58 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 212 boysNDMinnesota: #61 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 241 boysMNIllinois: #27 for boys · 625 births · 1 in 125 boysILWisconsin: #41 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 175 boysWIMichigan: #30 for boys · 521 births · 1 in 126 boysMINew York: #31 for boys · 812 births · 1 in 141 boysNYMassachusetts: #32 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 117 boysMARhode Island: #34 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 127 boysRIOregon: #45 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 179 boysORNevada: #34 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 138 boysNVWyoming: #31 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 103 boysWYSouth Dakota: #55 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 209 boysSDIowa: #48 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 197 boysIAIndiana: #33 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 147 boysINOhio: #32 for boys · 593 births · 1 in 130 boysOHPennsylvania: #32 for boys · 562 births · 1 in 132 boysPANew Jersey: #25 for boys · 378 births · 1 in 114 boysNJConnecticut: #33 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 133 boysCTCalifornia: #34 for boys · 875 births · 1 in 165 boysCAUtah: #58 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 236 boysUTColorado: #37 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 144 boysCONebraska: #52 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 212 boysNEMissouri: #30 for boys · 252 births · 1 in 131 boysMOKentucky: #27 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 115 boysKYWest Virginia: #33 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 119 boysWVVirginia: #28 for boys · 251 births · 1 in 126 boysVAMaryland: #27 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 108 boysMDDelaware: #29 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 96 boysDEArizona: #37 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 167 boysAZNew Mexico: #32 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 154 boysNMKansas: #44 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 173 boysKSArkansas: #18 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 97 boysARTennessee: #25 for boys · 276 births · 1 in 113 boysTNNorth Carolina: #23 for boys · 381 births · 1 in 103 boysNCSouth Carolina: #18 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 95 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #26 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 108 boysDCOklahoma: #30 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 117 boysOKLouisiana: #20 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 117 boysLAMississippi: #25 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 114 boysMSAlabama: #20 for boys · 269 births · 1 in 99 boysALGeorgia: #24 for boys · 354 births · 1 in 111 boysGAHawaii: #35 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 136 boysHITexas: #27 for boys · 652 births · 1 in 161 boysTXFlorida: #23 for boys · 440 births · 1 in 113 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#18 · 1 in 95
  2. Arkansas#18 · 1 in 97
  3. Alabama#20 · 1 in 99
  4. Louisiana#20 · 1 in 117
  5. North Carolina#23 · 1 in 103

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#181541 in 97
South Carolina#182251 in 95
Alabama#202691 in 99
Louisiana#202541 in 117
Florida#234401 in 113
North Carolina#233811 in 103
Georgia#243541 in 111
Mississippi#251661 in 114
New Jersey#253781 in 114
Tennessee#252761 in 113
District of Columbia#26771 in 108
Illinois#276251 in 125
Kentucky#272241 in 115
Maryland#271991 in 108
Texas#276521 in 161
Virginia#282511 in 126
Delaware#29351 in 96
Michigan#305211 in 126
Missouri#302521 in 131
New Hampshire#30511 in 96
Oklahoma#301551 in 117
Idaho#31501 in 119
New York#318121 in 141
Wyoming#31221 in 103
Massachusetts#323021 in 117
New Mexico#32571 in 154
Ohio#325931 in 130
Pennsylvania#325621 in 132
Connecticut#331261 in 133
Indiana#332701 in 147
West Virginia#331101 in 119
California#348751 in 165
Nevada#34241 in 138
Rhode Island#34441 in 127
Hawaii#35431 in 136
Alaska#37201 in 123
Arizona#371031 in 167
Colorado#371261 in 144
Washington#381501 in 143
Wisconsin#411681 in 175
Maine#43461 in 152
Kansas#44801 in 173
Montana#44251 in 187
Oregon#45801 in 179
Iowa#48921 in 197
Nebraska#52491 in 212
South Dakota#55211 in 209
North Dakota#58211 in 212
Utah#58541 in 236
Minnesota#611061 in 241
Vermont#6591 in 297

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 1973

girls
#1,151
95 births · 1 in 15,350 girls
boys
#28
10,979 births · 1 in 142 boys

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #1,151Kenneth95

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #28Kenneth10,979
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 15,350 of them was named Kenneth, which outranked 88.3% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenneth
  1. #1,143Lina96
  2. #1,143Rana96
  3. #1,143Venessa96
  4. #1,151Kenneth95
  5. #1,151Althea95
  6. #1,151Collette95
  7. #1,151Inez95
  8. #1,160Agnes94
  9. #1,160Cristine94
  10. #1,160Lacey94

Tied with 8 names at #1,151; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 142 of them was named Kenneth, which outranked 99.5% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenneth
  1. #25Chad12,886
  2. #26Gregory11,674
  3. #27Shawn11,451
  4. #28Kenneth10,979
  5. #29Andrew10,728
  6. #30Ryan10,511
  7. #31Jonathan10,273
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →