Kennith

Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1940 · 192 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,560
since 1904

Kennith over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kennith has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #422, 1940boys
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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—#10,6956
2024—#9,8947
2023—#8,9218
2022—#8,9908
2021—#6,33513
2020—#9,5547
2019—#6,40613
2018—#4,73920
2017—#5,52616
2016—#8,1469
2015—#12,0865
2014—#4,86619
2013—#4,98118
2012—#3,80727
2011—#3,43431
2010—#4,67820
2009—#4,42922
2008—#3,74428
2007—#3,79327
2006—#2,62145
2005—#2,90236
2004—#3,07432
2003—#3,04431
2002—#3,25927
2001—#2,56237
2000—#2,37940
1999—#2,16243
1998—#2,39436
1997—#1,65760
1996—#1,74053
1995—#2,10239
1994—#1,66454
1993—#1,60156
1992—#1,39566
1991—#1,43063
1990—#1,43561
1989—#1,13088
1988—#1,16475
1987—#1,07779
1986—#1,25559
1985—#96390
1984—#1,06071
1983—#1,23955
1982—#98184
1981—#1,00981
1980—#1,25854
1979—#93788
1978—#1,14959
1977—#97078
1976—#94677
1975—#85096
1974—#802100
1973—#89480
1972—#766108
1971—#711135
1970#7,9955#707138
1969—#637155
1968—#628145
1967—#622146
1966—#599156
1965—#577175
1964—#542211
1963—#583186
1962—#537219
1961—#544211
1960—#560197
1959—#528223
1958—#543201
1957—#518219
1956—#494234
1955—#511206
1954—#528191
1953—#510190
1952—#485210
1951—#474204
1950—#493186
1949—#466199
1948—#455215
1947—#480194
1946—#483175
1945—#474158
1944—#498149
1943—#529142
1942—#467178
1941—#491141
1940—#422192
1939—#463155
1938—#472151
1937—#434171
1936—#508126
1935—#496133
1934—#530122
1933—#486133
1932—#570108
1931—#570107
1930—#62198
1929—#68980
1928—#66988
1927—#76673
1926—#81366
1925—#75975
1924—#82367
1923—#90557
1922—#1,01049
1921—#91359
1920—#92955
1919—#1,15936
1918—#1,23132
1917—#1,32227
1916—#1,20630
1915—#1,34225
1914—#1,97511
1913—#1,49713
1912—#1,61910
1911—#1,5376
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First appearance
1904

The first year at least five boys were named Kennith! It came in at #1,205, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1904–1906, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kennith is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedNHWashington: #359 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,131 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedMNIllinois: #688 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 18,984 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedWIMichigan: #483 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,651 boysMINew York: #923 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,909 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedIAIndiana: #488 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,838 boysINOhio: #379 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 7,438 boysOHPennsylvania: #612 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 23,620 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #530 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 9,000 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedMOKentucky: #268 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,653 boysKYWest Virginia: #270 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,136 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedKSArkansas: #367 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,912 boysARTennessee: #447 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,884 boysTNNorth Carolina: #439 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,605 boysNCSouth Carolina: #417 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,679 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #525 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,877 boysLAMississippi: #428 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,403 boysMSAlabama: #276 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,341 boysALGeorgia: #363 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,986 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kennith, so not publishedHITexas: #541 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 6,645 boysTXFlorida: #501 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,854 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#268 · 1 in 2,653
  2. West Virginia#270 · 1 in 3,136
  3. Alabama#276 · 1 in 2,341
  4. Washington#359 · 1 in 5,131
  5. Georgia#363 · 1 in 3,986

Best ever in a state: #145 in West Virginia, 1940.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#268131 in 2,653
West Virginia#27061 in 3,136
Alabama#276161 in 2,341
Washington#35961 in 5,131
Georgia#363121 in 3,986
Arkansas#36751 in 3,912
Ohio#379151 in 7,438
South Carolina#41751 in 5,679
Mississippi#42851 in 5,403
North Carolina#43981 in 6,605
Tennessee#44751 in 7,884
Michigan#48381 in 11,651
Indiana#48851 in 10,838
Florida#50171 in 7,854
Louisiana#52561 in 6,877
California#530211 in 9,000
Texas#541181 in 6,645
Pennsylvania#61251 in 23,620
Illinois#68861 in 18,984
New York#92351 in 35,909
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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 Kennith
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 801 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #10,695)
  • 1,141 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #10,695)
  • 1,391 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #10,695)
  • Biggest jump: 230 spots in 1920 (#1,159 → #929)
  • Biggest drop: 321 spots in 1980 (#937 → #1,258)
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1904
  • Peaked 1940 at #422 (192 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 33 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1923–1977
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,037
  • Highest: 1 in 6,037 boys born in 1940 were named Kennith (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 19.5% of all boys named Kennith (2,064) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s11#1,200 (1907)#1,203
1910s190#1,159 (1919)#1,432
1920s669#669 (1928)#828
1930s1,304#434 (1937)#515
1940s1,743#422 (1940)#477
1950s2,064#474 (1951)#508
1960s1,801#537 (1962)#583
1970s959#707 (1970)#873
1980s736#963 (1985)#1,114
1990s531#1,395 (1992)#1,758
2000s325#2,379 (2000)#3,181
2010s178#3,434 (2011)#5,867
2020s49#6,335 (2021)#9,065

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.

Kennith in 1961

boys
#544
211 births · 1 in 10,067 boys

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #544Kennith211
More about 1961

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 10,067 of them was named Kennith, which outranked 88.3% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kennith
  1. #541Woodrow216
  2. #542Bernie215
  3. #543Vaughn214
  4. #544Kennith211
  5. #544Garth211
  6. #546Elton209
  7. #547Barton208
  8. #548Terrell207

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,171Parrish#4,038 → #867
  2. ↑ 589Brook#1,252 → #663
  3. ↑ 467Osvaldo#1,434 → #967
  4. ↑ 426Shayne#1,152 → #726
  5. ↑ 367Pernell#1,295 → #928
Fallers
  1. ↓ 425Wayde#672 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 380Yancy#923 → #1,303
  3. ↓ 301Jonas#905 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 264Tobin#833 → #1,097
  5. ↓ 253Keenan#748 → #1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →