Kenan
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992 · #1,145 for boys in 2025, 184 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 136 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,645since 1947
Kenan over time
Rank among boys' names. Kenan has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,145 | 184 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,133 | 187 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,328 | 143 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,191 | 168 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,383 | 132 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,325 | 135 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,157 | 168 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,335 | 135 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,623 | 98 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,556 | 106 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,668 | 94 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,473 | 110 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,915 | 73 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,545 | 103 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,319 | 129 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #1,725 | 88 |
| 2009 | — | #1,604 | 99 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,399 | 121 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #1,516 | 104 |
| 2006 | — | #1,467 | 104 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,390 | 107 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,460 | 94 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,372 | 98 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #1,211 | 114 |
| 2001 | — | #1,327 | 98 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,247 | 106 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,142 | 115 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,197 | 103 | |
| 1997 | — | #966 | 136 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,359 | 79 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,300 | 82 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,633 | 56 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,699 | 51 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,352 | 70 | |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #2,019 | 37 |
| 1990 | — | #1,870 | 41 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,545 | 25 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,879 | 35 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,793 | 36 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,617 | 40 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,764 | 34 |
| 1984 | — | #1,581 | 38 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,711 | 33 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,654 | 36 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,661 | 35 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,569 | 38 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,510 | 39 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,410 | 43 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,367 | 44 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,677 | 31 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,704 | 29 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,692 | 28 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,513 | 15 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,739 | 12 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,806 | 19 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,242 | 14 | |
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| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,375 | 12 | |
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| 1955 | — | #2,558 | 10 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kenan! It came in at #3,733, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1947–1953, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kenan is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#531 · 1 in 2,597
- Illinois#610 · 1 in 3,729
- Michigan#742 · 1 in 5,099
- North Carolina#774 · 1 in 5,573
- Washington#835 · 1 in 5,750
Best ever in a state: #381 in Arkansas, 1997.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #531 | 5 | 1 in 2,597 |
| Illinois | #610 | 16 | 1 in 3,729 |
| Michigan | #742 | 9 | 1 in 5,099 |
| North Carolina | #774 | 9 | 1 in 5,573 |
| Washington | #835 | 6 | 1 in 5,750 |
| New York | #1,044 | 11 | 1 in 8,704 |
| Georgia | #1,263 | 5 | 1 in 10,438 |
| Texas | #1,298 | 13 | 1 in 13,452 |
| Florida | #1,513 | 6 | 1 in 15,973 |
| California | #1,534 | 11 | 1 in 18,774 |
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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 Kenan
- 12 spots since 2024 (#1,133 → #1,145)
- 180 spots since 2020 (#1,325 → #1,145)
- 523 spots since 2015 (#1,668 → #1,145)
- Biggest jump: 393 spots in 1997 (#1,359 → #966)
- Biggest drop: 231 spots in 1998 (#966 → #1,197)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1997 at #966 (136 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1997
- Highest: 1 in 9,213 boys born in 2024 were named Kenan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,283 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #966 in 1997, was only 1 in 13,861 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.8% of all boys named Kenan (1,104) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 10 | #3,690 (1949) | #3,712 |
| 1950s | 52 | #2,375 (1957) | #2,924 |
| 1960s | 107 | #1,806 (1965) | #2,587 |
| 1970s | 258 | #1,367 (1977) | #2,160 |
| 1980s | 350 | #1,569 (1980) | #1,777 |
| 1990s | 770 | #966 (1997) | #1,454 |
| 2000s | 1,045 | #1,211 (2002) | #1,399 |
| 2010s | 1,104 | #1,157 (2019) | #1,532 |
| 2020s | 949 | #1,133 (2024) | #1,251 |
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.
Kenan in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 13,453 of them was named Kenan, which outranked 90.5% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,328Phineas136
- #1,328Reynaldo136
- #1,328Yasir136
- #1,335Kenan135
- #1,335Gonzalo135
- #1,335Jaylon135
- #1,335Perry135
- #1,343Benaiah134
- #1,343Kyro134
- #1,343Oskar134
Tied with 7 names at #1,335; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.