Kennis
- Last seen for girls in 2019 at #13,799
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Given to boys 88.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1961 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 560since 1917
Kennis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,256 | 13 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #2,813 | 12 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,249 | 7 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,546 | 11 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,070 | 16 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,290 | 7 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,497 | 11 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #2,376 | 11 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,021 | 7 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five boys were named Kennis! It came in at #3,217, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1926, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kennis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kennis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kennis
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1961 at #2,070 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 132,212
- Highest: 1 in 132,212 boys born in 1917 were named Kennis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,070 in 1961, was only 1 in 132,762 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 17.0% of all boys named Kennis (95) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #3,217 (1917) | #3,217 |
| 1920s | 13 | #3,151 (1927) | #3,695 |
| 1930s | 36 | #2,854 (1936) | #3,256 |
| 1940s | 53 | #2,608 (1948) | #3,036 |
| 1950s | 77 | #2,265 (1958) | #2,685 |
| 1960s | 95 | #2,070 (1961) | #2,854 |
| 1970s | 75 | #2,813 (1971) | #3,998 |
| 1980s | 66 | #3,256 (1980) | #5,091 |
| 1990s | 52 | #4,005 (1991) | #7,372 |
| 2000s | 46 | #7,643 (2002) | #9,520 |
| 2010s | 34 | #8,803 (2010) | #9,909 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,938 (2024) | #10,938 |
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.
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