Kenric
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #6,517
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 61 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 939since 1946
Kenric over time
Rank among boys' names. Kenric has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #5,667 | 12 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #3,406 | 20 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #4,760 | 11 |
| 1990 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #3,256 | 13 |
| 1979 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | #1,371 | 45 |
| 1977 | #1,335 | 46 |
| 1976 | #1,067 | 61 |
| 1975 | #1,304 | 44 |
| 1974 | #1,135 | 52 |
| 1973 | #1,435 | 35 |
| 1972 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1971 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #1,374 | 37 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
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| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
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| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
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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.
See more about Kenric
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1976 at #1,067 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 44.7% of all boys named Kenric (420) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 7 | #2,919 (1946) | #2,919 |
| 1950s | 54 | #2,495 (1951) | #3,068 |
| 1960s | 76 | #2,270 (1965) | #2,851 |
| 1970s | 420 | #1,067 (1976) | #1,372 |
| 1980s | 78 | #3,256 (1980) | #5,272 |
| 1990s | 112 | #3,406 (1996) | #5,351 |
| 2000s | 95 | #5,667 (2001) | #7,598 |
| 2010s | 65 | #7,591 (2010) | #9,715 |
| 2020s | 32 | #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 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 46,332 of them was named Kenric, which outranked 74.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,418Sherwood36
- #1,418Wayland36
- #1,418Wendall36
- #1,441Kenric35
- #1,441Christos35
- #1,441Graig35
- #1,441Hasan35
- #1,453Abe34
- #1,453Art34
- #1,453Brodie34
Tied with 11 names at #1,441; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.