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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #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 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #47 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 152 boysAKMaine: #54 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 189 boysMEVermont: #98 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 548 boysVTNew Hampshire: #61 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 248 boysNHWashington: #48 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 185 boysWAIdaho: #51 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 189 boysIDMontana: #80 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 339 boysMTNorth Dakota: #67 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 260 boysNDMinnesota: #72 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 386 boysMNIllinois: #44 for boys · 414 births · 1 in 198 boysILWisconsin: #60 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 294 boysWIMichigan: #42 for boys · 394 births · 1 in 159 boysMINew York: #42 for boys · 588 births · 1 in 198 boysNYMassachusetts: #48 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 225 boysMARhode Island: #45 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 184 boysRIOregon: #48 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 194 boysORNevada: #47 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 165 boysNVWyoming: #50 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 162 boysWYSouth Dakota: #89 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 408 boysSDIowa: #78 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 401 boysIAIndiana: #47 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 186 boysINOhio: #47 for boys · 433 births · 1 in 176 boysOHPennsylvania: #45 for boys · 410 births · 1 in 187 boysPANew Jersey: #37 for boys · 292 births · 1 in 150 boysNJConnecticut: #43 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 181 boysCTCalifornia: #50 for boys · 928 births · 1 in 223 boysCAUtah: #62 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 250 boysUTColorado: #51 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 226 boysCONebraska: #69 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 316 boysNEMissouri: #46 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 179 boysMOKentucky: #39 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 146 boysKYWest Virginia: #38 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 129 boysWVVirginia: #37 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 148 boysVAMaryland: #33 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 130 boysMDDelaware: #41 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 150 boysDEArizona: #55 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 253 boysAZNew Mexico: #79 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 365 boysNMKansas: #53 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 216 boysKSArkansas: #42 for boys · 90 births · 1 in 168 boysARTennessee: #39 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 165 boysTNNorth Carolina: #33 for boys · 279 births · 1 in 136 boysNCSouth Carolina: #32 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 137 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #30 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 116 boysDCOklahoma: #49 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 185 boysOKLouisiana: #31 for boys · 269 births · 1 in 136 boysLAMississippi: #30 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 143 boysMSAlabama: #36 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 159 boysALGeorgia: #33 for boys · 291 births · 1 in 139 boysGAHawaii: #57 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 251 boysHITexas: #49 for boys · 638 births · 1 in 223 boysTXFlorida: #35 for boys · 450 births · 1 in 151 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#30 · 1 in 116
  2. Mississippi#30 · 1 in 143
  3. Louisiana#31 · 1 in 136
  4. South Carolina#32 · 1 in 137
  5. Maryland#33 · 1 in 130

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#30651 in 116
Mississippi#301271 in 143
Louisiana#312691 in 136
South Carolina#321511 in 137
Georgia#332911 in 139
Maryland#331991 in 130
North Carolina#332791 in 136
Florida#354501 in 151
Alabama#361611 in 159
New Jersey#372921 in 150
Virginia#372371 in 148
West Virginia#38961 in 129
Kentucky#391751 in 146
Tennessee#391931 in 165
Delaware#41261 in 150
Arkansas#42901 in 168
Michigan#423941 in 159
New York#425881 in 198
Connecticut#431031 in 181
Illinois#444141 in 198
Pennsylvania#454101 in 187
Rhode Island#45311 in 184
Missouri#462001 in 179
Alaska#47311 in 152
Indiana#472041 in 186
Nevada#47351 in 165
Ohio#474331 in 176
Massachusetts#481621 in 225
Oregon#48951 in 194
Washington#481701 in 185
Oklahoma#491351 in 185
Texas#496381 in 223
California#509281 in 223
Wyoming#50241 in 162
Colorado#511111 in 226
Idaho#51421 in 189
Kansas#53821 in 216
Maine#54381 in 189
Arizona#55941 in 253
Hawaii#57291 in 251
Wisconsin#601151 in 294
New Hampshire#61251 in 248
Utah#62731 in 250
North Dakota#67221 in 260
Nebraska#69381 in 316
Minnesota#72811 in 386
Iowa#78511 in 401
New Mexico#79321 in 365
Montana#80171 in 339
South Dakota#89131 in 408
Vermont#9861 in 548

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 1983

girls
#1,447
80 births · 1 in 20,883 girls
boys
#45
8,965 births · 1 in 200 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #1,447Kenneth80

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #45Kenneth8,965
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 20,883 of them was named Kenneth, which outranked 88.0% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenneth
  1. #1,434Nereida81
  2. #1,434Stormy81
  3. #1,434Xiomara81
  4. #1,447Kenneth80
  5. #1,447Aliza80
  6. #1,447Belen80
  7. #1,447Catharine80
  8. #1,463Ahsley79
  9. #1,463Anitra79
  10. #1,463Kymberly79

Tied with 15 names at #1,447; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 200 of them was named Kenneth, which outranked 99.4% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenneth
  1. #42Gregory9,980
  2. #43Dustin9,678
  3. #44Sean9,615
  4. #45Kenneth8,965
  5. #46Jesse8,469
  6. #47Bryan8,191
  7. #48Jose8,073
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,260Remington#3,108 → #848
  2. ↑ 2,159Trumaine#3,108 → #949
  3. ↑ 1,157Akeem#1,774 → #617
  4. ↑ 738Jacoby#1,654 → #916
  5. ↑ 655Deven#1,622 → #967
Fallers
  1. ↓ 284Marcello#969 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 275Schuyler#845 → #1,120
  3. ↓ 273Jessy#917 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 258Kennith#981 → #1,239
  5. ↓ 220Jarrad#933 → #1,153

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →