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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #170 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 575 boysAKMaine: #177 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 678 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kenneth, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #168 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 717 boysNHWashington: #278 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,271 boysWAIdaho: #238 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 933 boysIDMontana: #238 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 779 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kenneth, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #205 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 924 boysMNIllinois: #189 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 895 boysILWisconsin: #148 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 631 boysWIMichigan: #127 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 548 boysMINew York: #124 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 636 boysNYMassachusetts: #183 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 968 boysMARhode Island: #109 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 404 boysRIOregon: #272 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,145 boysORNevada: #146 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 547 boysNVWyoming: #113 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 318 boysWYSouth Dakota: #223 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 795 boysSDIowa: #202 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 804 boysIAIndiana: #167 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 738 boysINOhio: #138 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 599 boysOHPennsylvania: #169 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 813 boysPANew Jersey: #141 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 713 boysNJConnecticut: #193 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 978 boysCTCalifornia: #184 for boys · 281 births · 1 in 832 boysCAUtah: #218 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 817 boysUTColorado: #257 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,058 boysCONebraska: #315 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,407 boysNEMissouri: #174 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 778 boysMOKentucky: #148 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 608 boysKYWest Virginia: #161 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 620 boysWVVirginia: #119 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 554 boysVAMaryland: #123 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 576 boysMDDelaware: #135 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 517 boysDEArizona: #222 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 956 boysAZNew Mexico: #217 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 835 boysNMKansas: #262 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,091 boysKSArkansas: #193 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 802 boysARTennessee: #158 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 639 boysTNNorth Carolina: #138 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 600 boysNCSouth Carolina: #112 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 468 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #110 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 355 boysDCOklahoma: #192 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 762 boysOKLouisiana: #132 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 507 boysLAMississippi: #107 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 407 boysMSAlabama: #101 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 396 boysALGeorgia: #107 for boys · 123 births · 1 in 454 boysGAHawaii: #233 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 801 boysHITexas: #176 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 770 boysTXFlorida: #121 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 551 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alabama#101 · 1 in 396
  2. Mississippi#107 · 1 in 407
  3. Georgia#107 · 1 in 454
  4. Rhode Island#109 · 1 in 404
  5. District of Columbia#110 · 1 in 355

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#101591 in 396
Georgia#1071231 in 454
Mississippi#107341 in 407
Rhode Island#109101 in 404
District of Columbia#110111 in 355
South Carolina#112451 in 468
Wyoming#11361 in 318
Virginia#119751 in 554
Florida#1211681 in 551
Maryland#123491 in 576
New York#1241671 in 636
Michigan#127881 in 548
Louisiana#132471 in 507
Delaware#13571 in 517
North Carolina#138861 in 600
Ohio#1381011 in 599
New Jersey#141601 in 713
Nevada#146251 in 547
Kentucky#148371 in 608
Wisconsin#148441 in 631
Tennessee#158551 in 639
West Virginia#161131 in 620
Indiana#167491 in 738
New Hampshire#16871 in 717
Pennsylvania#169751 in 813
Alaska#17061 in 575
Missouri#174421 in 778
Texas#1762321 in 770
Maine#17771 in 678
Massachusetts#183311 in 968
California#1842811 in 832
Illinois#189781 in 895
Oklahoma#192271 in 762
Arkansas#193181 in 802
Connecticut#193151 in 978
Iowa#202191 in 804
Minnesota#205301 in 924
New Mexico#217121 in 835
Utah#218271 in 817
Arizona#222391 in 956
South Dakota#22351 in 795
Hawaii#23361 in 801
Idaho#23891 in 933
Montana#23851 in 779
Colorado#257261 in 1,058
Kansas#262151 in 1,091
Oregon#272161 in 1,145
Washington#278281 in 1,271
Nebraska#31571 in 1,407
North Dakota———
Vermont———

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 2010

girls
#16,992
5 births · 1 in 355,519 girls
boys
#160
2,428 births · 1 in 790 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #16,992Kenneth5

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #160Kenneth2,428
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 355,519 of them was named Kenneth, which outranked 14.4% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenneth
  1. #14,959Zynae6
  2. #14,959Zyriyah6
  3. #14,959Zyyanna6
  4. #16,992Kenneth5
  5. #16,992Aaditri5
  6. #16,992Aalaya5
  7. #16,992Aaliayah5

Tied with 2,849 names at #16,992; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 790 of them was named Kenneth, which outranked 98.9% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenneth
  1. #157Cody2,447
  2. #158Conner2,440
  3. #159Wesley2,431
  4. #160Kenneth2,428
  5. #161Malachi2,416
  6. #162Mark2,415
  7. #163Nicolas2,392
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →