Kennon
- Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419
- #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
- Given to boys 98.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 30 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,796since 1917
Kennon over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kennon has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,659 | 16 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,850 | 20 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,338 | 17 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,855 | 19 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,540 | 16 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,297 | 17 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,624 | 21 | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #4,545 | 21 |
| 2014 | — | #5,066 | 18 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,200 | 17 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,848 | 19 | |
| 2009 | — | #6,802 | 12 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,540 | 21 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #4,127 | 24 |
| 2006 | — | #4,001 | 24 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,710 | 25 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,014 | 33 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,280 | 28 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,554 | 24 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,142 | 14 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | — | #3,279 | 24 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,486 | 21 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,549 | 19 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,444 | 31 | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | — | #3,246 | 20 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #2,344 | 30 |
| 1990 | — | #2,488 | 27 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,245 | 30 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,367 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,020 | 30 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,601 | 20 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,427 | 21 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,364 | 21 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,166 | 24 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,418 | 20 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,617 | 18 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1978 | — | #1,870 | 27 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,270 | 20 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,113 | 22 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,790 | 26 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,782 | 25 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,928 | 22 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,862 | 23 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,582 | 29 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,130 | 16 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,614 | 24 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,449 | 28 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,684 | 21 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,806 | 19 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,435 | 30 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,695 | 22 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,865 | 19 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,642 | 10 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,837 | 19 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,722 | 21 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,630 | 22 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,749 | 19 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,701 | 19 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,802 | 8 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,884 | 15 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,242 | 10 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,910 | 15 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,301 | 10 | |
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| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,101 | 13 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,804 | 10 | |
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| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1917
The first year at least five boys were named Kennon! It came in at #2,732, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1920, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kennon is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kennon in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kennon
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 202 spots since 2024 (#5,659 → #5,861)
- 1,006 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #5,861)
- 1,316 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #5,861)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1964 at #1,435 (30 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 37 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 60,151
- Highest: 1 in 60,151 boys born in 2004 were named Kennon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,435 in 1964, was only 1 in 66,423 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 13.1% of all boys named Kennon (235) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 9 | #2,732 (1917) | #2,732 |
| 1920s | 61 | #2,725 (1926) | #3,348 |
| 1930s | 60 | #2,101 (1932) | #3,038 |
| 1940s | 103 | #1,884 (1946) | #2,429 |
| 1950s | 165 | #1,630 (1953) | #2,029 |
| 1960s | 207 | #1,435 (1964) | #1,809 |
| 1970s | 234 | #1,582 (1970) | #1,979 |
| 1980s | 228 | #2,020 (1987) | #2,372 |
| 1990s | 235 | #2,344 (1991) | #3,058 |
| 2000s | 226 | #3,014 (2004) | #4,193 |
| 2010s | 175 | #4,545 (2015) | #5,211 |
| 2020s | 93 | #4,850 (2022) | #6,231 |
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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