Kenan
#1,820 most common boys' name of all time · #4,397 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1947–2025
Rank among boys
#1,820
Rank overall
#4,397 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
4,675
Since 2016
1,456
Peak year
2024 #1,134
Best rank
#970 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 187/yr
Kenan first appears in 1947. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 184 | 184 | #1,148 |
| 2024 | — | 187 | 187 | #1,134 |
| 2023 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,333 |
| 2022 | — | 168 | 168 | #1,194 |
| 2021 | — | 132 | 132 | #1,391 |
| 2020 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,330 |
| 2019 | — | 168 | 168 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,338 |
| 2017 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,624 |
| 2016 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,557 |
| 2015 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,672 |
| 2014 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,475 |
| 2013 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,922 |
| 2012 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,549 |
| 2011 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,323 |
| 2010 | 5 | 88 | 93 | #1,729 |
| 2009 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,610 |
| 2008 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,401 |
| 2007 | 6 | 104 | 110 | #1,518 |
| 2006 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,474 |
| 2005 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,395 |
| 2004 | — | 94 | 94 | #1,462 |
| 2003 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,376 |
| 2002 | 5 | 114 | 119 | #1,212 |
| 2001 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,331 |
| 2000 | — | 106 | 106 | #1,249 |
| 1999 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,146 |
| 1998 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,202 |
| 1997 | — | 136 | 136 | #970 |
| 1996 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,364 |
| 1995 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,304 |
| 1994 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,638 |
| 1993 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,707 |
| 1992 | — | 70 | 70 | #1,356 |
| 1991 | 9 | 37 | 46 | #2,036 |
| 1990 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,889 |
| 1989 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,580 |
| 1988 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,897 |
| 1987 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,811 |
| 1986 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,640 |
| 1985 | 5 | 34 | 39 | #1,786 |
| 1984 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,599 |
| 1983 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,736 |
| 1982 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,670 |
| 1981 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,688 |
| 1980 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,579 |
| 1979 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,522 |
| 1978 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,428 |
| 1977 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,383 |
| 1976 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,694 |
| 1975 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,734 |
| 1974 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,725 |
| 1973 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,575 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,814 |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,544 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,847 |
| 1969 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,652 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,533 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,458 |
| 1966 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,201 |
| 1965 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,851 |
| 1964 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,526 |
| 1963 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,529 |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,489 |
| 1961 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,314 |
| 1959 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,001 |
| 1958 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,008 |
| 1957 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,486 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,741 |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,423 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,258 |
| 1949 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,155 |
| 1947 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,251 |