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
- Peak · boys
- 1940 · 192 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,560since 1904
Kennith over time
Rank among boys' names. Kennith has never cracked the top 400 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,739 | 20 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,146 | 9 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,866 | 19 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,807 | 27 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,434 | 31 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,678 | 20 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,429 | 22 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,744 | 28 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,793 | 27 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,621 | 45 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,902 | 36 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,074 | 32 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,044 | 31 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,259 | 27 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,562 | 37 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,379 | 40 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,162 | 43 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,394 | 36 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,657 | 60 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,740 | 53 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,102 | 39 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,664 | 54 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,601 | 56 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,395 | 66 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,430 | 63 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,435 | 61 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,130 | 88 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,164 | 75 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,077 | 79 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,255 | 59 | |
| 1985 | — | #963 | 90 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,060 | 71 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,239 | 55 | |
| 1982 | — | #981 | 84 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,009 | 81 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,258 | 54 | |
| 1979 | — | #937 | 88 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,149 | 59 | |
| 1977 | — | #970 | 78 | |
| 1976 | — | #946 | 77 | |
| 1975 | — | #850 | 96 | |
| 1974 | — | #802 | 100 | |
| 1973 | — | #894 | 80 | |
| 1972 | — | #766 | 108 | |
| 1971 | — | #711 | 135 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #707 | 138 |
| 1969 | — | #637 | 155 | |
| 1968 | — | #628 | 145 | |
| 1967 | — | #622 | 146 | |
| 1966 | — | #599 | 156 | |
| 1965 | — | #577 | 175 | |
| 1964 | — | #542 | 211 | |
| 1963 | — | #583 | 186 | |
| 1962 | — | #537 | 219 | |
| 1961 | — | #544 | 211 | |
| 1960 | — | #560 | 197 | |
| 1959 | — | #528 | 223 | |
| 1958 | — | #543 | 201 | |
| 1957 | — | #518 | 219 | |
| 1956 | — | #494 | 234 | |
| 1955 | — | #511 | 206 | |
| 1954 | — | #528 | 191 | |
| 1953 | — | #510 | 190 | |
| 1952 | — | #485 | 210 | |
| 1951 | — | #474 | 204 | |
| 1950 | — | #493 | 186 | |
| 1949 | — | #466 | 199 | |
| 1948 | — | #455 | 215 | |
| 1947 | — | #480 | 194 | |
| 1946 | — | #483 | 175 | |
| 1945 | — | #474 | 158 | |
| 1944 | — | #498 | 149 | |
| 1943 | — | #529 | 142 | |
| 1942 | — | #467 | 178 | |
| 1941 | — | #491 | 141 | |
| 1940 | — | #422 | 192 | |
| 1939 | — | #463 | 155 | |
| 1938 | — | #472 | 151 | |
| 1937 | — | #434 | 171 | |
| 1936 | — | #508 | 126 | |
| 1935 | — | #496 | 133 | |
| 1934 | — | #530 | 122 | |
| 1933 | — | #486 | 133 | |
| 1932 | — | #570 | 108 | |
| 1931 | — | #570 | 107 | |
| 1930 | — | #621 | 98 | |
| 1929 | — | #689 | 80 | |
| 1928 | — | #669 | 88 | |
| 1927 | — | #766 | 73 | |
| 1926 | — | #813 | 66 | |
| 1925 | — | #759 | 75 | |
| 1924 | — | #823 | 67 | |
| 1923 | — | #905 | 57 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,010 | 49 | |
| 1921 | — | #913 | 59 | |
| 1920 | — | #929 | 55 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,159 | 36 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,231 | 32 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,322 | 27 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,206 | 30 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,342 | 25 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,497 | 13 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
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| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#193 · 1 in 1,553
- Tennessee#255 · 1 in 2,614
- Mississippi#262 · 1 in 2,238
- Arkansas#275 · 1 in 2,473
- West Virginia#282 · 1 in 3,472
Best ever in a state: #145 in West Virginia, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #193 | 23 | 1 in 1,553 |
| Tennessee | #255 | 15 | 1 in 2,614 |
| Mississippi | #262 | 13 | 1 in 2,238 |
| Arkansas | #275 | 9 | 1 in 2,473 |
| West Virginia | #282 | 7 | 1 in 3,472 |
| Oklahoma | #297 | 8 | 1 in 2,973 |
| Alabama | #314 | 11 | 1 in 3,459 |
| Virginia | #351 | 8 | 1 in 4,627 |
| Missouri | #397 | 5 | 1 in 8,336 |
| California | #451 | 15 | 1 in 8,135 |
| North Carolina | #460 | 7 | 1 in 7,176 |
| Louisiana | #464 | 6 | 1 in 5,903 |
| Ohio | #483 | 6 | 1 in 15,134 |
| Georgia | #497 | 5 | 1 in 8,687 |
| Texas | #507 | 17 | 1 in 6,108 |
| Illinois | #571 | 5 | 1 in 18,545 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1940 at #422 (192 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1923–1977
- 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%)
- 19.5% of all boys named Kennith (2,064) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,200 (1907) | #1,203 |
| 1910s | 190 | #1,159 (1919) | #1,432 |
| 1920s | 669 | #669 (1928) | #828 |
| 1930s | 1,304 | #434 (1937) | #515 |
| 1940s | 1,743 | #422 (1940) | #477 |
| 1950s | 2,064 | #474 (1951) | #508 |
| 1960s | 1,801 | #537 (1962) | #583 |
| 1970s | 959 | #707 (1970) | #873 |
| 1980s | 736 | #963 (1985) | #1,114 |
| 1990s | 531 | #1,395 (1992) | #1,758 |
| 2000s | 325 | #2,379 (2000) | #3,181 |
| 2010s | 178 | #3,434 (2011) | #5,867 |
| 2020s | 49 | #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 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 9,625 of them was named Kennith, which outranked 88.3% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.