Kenric

Last seen for boys in 2023 at #6,517

Peak · boys
1976 · 61 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
939
since 1946

Kenric over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kenric has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #1,067, 1976boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023#6,51713
2022#8,3009
2021
2020#7,50210
2019#8,8898
2018#10,7606
2017#12,2465
2016
2015#8,0409
2014#9,6427
2013#10,7286
2012#10,7706
2011#8,7678
2010#7,59110
2009#10,9946
2008#7,69810
2007#7,59010
2006#6,09413
2005#8,2998
2004#9,9486
2003#6,71510
2002#7,0559
2001#5,66712
2000#5,92011
1999#5,03513
1998#8,4796
1997#5,28811
1996#3,40620
1995#4,79112
1994#5,45210
1993#6,2288
1992#5,6609
1991#4,76011
1990#4,40712
1989#6,9416
1988#6,4266
1987#6,9515
1986#5,3327
1985#4,05210
1984#3,45912
1983#6,2385
1982#4,5938
1981#5,4686
1980#3,25613
1979#1,78831
1978#1,37145
1977#1,33546
1976#1,06761
1975#1,30444
1974#1,13552
1973#1,43535
1972#1,44135
1971#1,46634
1970#1,37437
1969#2,41513
1968#3,1078
1967
1966#2,7849
1965#2,27013
1964#2,66510
1963#3,0448
1962
1961#3,6526
1960#2,8719
1959
1958#3,2757
1957#3,2577
1956
1955#3,8865
1954#2,7439
1953#3,1437
1952#2,6809
1951#2,49510
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five boys were named Kenric! It came in at #2,919, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1947–1950, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Kenric is popular in 1946

No state had 5 or more boys named Kenric in 1946, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kenric
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1976 at #1,067 (61 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 4 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 25,721
  • Highest: 1 in 25,721 boys born in 1976 were named Kenric (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 131,583 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 44.7% of all boys named Kenric (420) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s7#2,919 (1946)#2,919
1950s54#2,495 (1951)#3,068
1960s76#2,270 (1965)#2,851
1970s420#1,067 (1976)#1,372
1980s78#3,256 (1980)#5,272
1990s112#3,406 (1996)#5,351
2000s95#5,667 (2001)#7,598
2010s65#7,591 (2010)#9,715
2020s32#6,517 (2023)#7,440

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.

Kenric in 1946

boys
#2,919
7 births · 1 in 232,003 boys

Top boys' names in 1946

  1. #1James87,438
  2. #2Robert84,136
  3. #3John79,267
  4. #4William60,034
  5. #5Richard58,870
  6. #6David46,444
  7. #7Michael41,194
  8. #8Thomas38,877
  9. #9Charles38,215
  10. #10Ronald31,858
  11. #2,919Kenric7
More about 1946

boys

1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 232,003 of them was named Kenric, which outranked 27.4% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenric
  1. #2,690Ygnacio8
  2. #2,690Zachariah8
  3. #2,690Zollie8
  4. #2,919Kenric7
  5. #2,919Achille7
  6. #2,919Alban7
  7. #2,919Alberta7
  8. #3,173Ab6
  9. #3,173Abbey6
  10. #3,173Abdul6

Tied with 253 names at #2,919; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. 584Zachary#1,536#952
  2. 514Patric#1,494#980
  3. 385Kris#1,296#911
  4. 385Rich#1,296#911
  5. 380Furman#1,270#890
Fallers
  1. 469Layton#971#1,440
  2. 438Farris#971#1,409
  3. 394Delano#558#952
  4. 312Leopoldo#864#1,176
  5. 290Rosevelt#927#1,217

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

See the top 100 for 1946