Kenneth

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #294in 2025
  • 1 in 1,487boys in 2025
  • −37%last ten years
  • 2.1×in West Virginia

Most popular in 1951. Quieter now: down 37% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

06,86313,72518801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Kenneth, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880290
1881288
1882194
1883249
1884245
1885380
1886343
1887345
1888372
1889597
1890649
1891642
1892836
1893739
1894907
18951,082
18961,464
18971,454
18981,557
18992,015
19001,854
19012,311
19022,242
19032,768
19043,231
19053,583
19064,010
19074,012
19084,484
19094,549
19104,531
19115,080
19125,903
19135,980
19146,381
19156,695
19166,754
19176,635
19186,718
19196,934
19207,366
19218,134
19228,508
19238,881
19249,142
19259,092
19269,313
19279,626
192810,082
192910,079
193010,666
193111,127
193211,245
193311,508
193411,428
193511,588
193612,038
193712,393
193812,982
193913,294
194013,054
194113,142
194213,185
194313,390
194413,276
194513,446
194613,572
194713,438
194813,422
194913,298
195013,301
195113,725
195213,330
195312,933
195412,844
195512,983
195612,968
195713,009
195812,573
195912,481
196012,991
196112,287
196212,201
196312,424
196412,471
196512,191
196611,682
196711,046
196810,401
19699,816
19709,041
19718,348
19727,606
19737,044
19746,451
19756,170
19765,817
19775,752
19785,494
19795,365
19805,386
19815,288
19825,155
19835,001
19844,870
19854,865
19864,590
19874,475
19884,475
19894,276
19904,022
19913,750
19923,370
19933,200
19942,939
19952,745
19962,625
19972,471
19982,399
19992,232
20002,114
20012,011
20021,888
20031,844
20041,725
20051,686
20061,578
20071,498
20081,454
20091,317
20101,265
20111,167
20121,172
20131,151
20141,121
20151,061
20161,012
2017954
2018920
2019905
2020859
2021785
2022751
2023772
2024691
2025672

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. West Virginia 2.1×
  2. Kentucky 1.9×
  3. Mississippi 1.8×
  4. Alabama 1.7×
  5. Michigan 1.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,148
Rank in 2025
#294
How rare
1 in 1,487 boys
Since 1880
1,283,974

Most popular in 1951, at 13,725 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 37% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
West Virginia2.1×28
Kentucky1.9×81
Mississippi1.8×43
Alabama1.7×81
Michigan1.6×137

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.