Kennan
#4,138 most common boys' name of all time · #10,136 across all names · 96% male / 4% female · used 1952–2025
Rank among boys
#4,138
Rank overall
#10,136 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
70 of 146
All-time
1,276
Since 2016
153
Peak year
2000 #2,644
Best rank
#2,109 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 46/yr
Kennan first appears in 1952. 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 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,520 |
| 2024 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,255 |
| 2023 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,992 |
| 2022 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,913 |
| 2021 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,286 |
| 2020 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,289 |
| 2019 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,004 |
| 2018 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,967 |
| 2017 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,409 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #5,380 |
| 2015 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,340 |
| 2014 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,587 |
| 2013 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,506 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 2010 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,832 |
| 2009 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,471 |
| 2008 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #3,856 |
| 2007 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 2006 | — | 25 | 25 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,478 |
| 2004 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,609 |
| 2003 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,869 |
| 2002 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,904 |
| 2001 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,888 |
| 2000 | 11 | 35 | 46 | #2,644 |
| 1999 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,901 |
| 1998 | 8 | 33 | 41 | #2,567 |
| 1997 | 7 | 26 | 33 | #2,928 |
| 1996 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #2,552 |
| 1995 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,245 |
| 1994 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,261 |
| 1993 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,601 |
| 1992 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #2,563 |
| 1991 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,714 |
| 1990 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,107 |
| 1989 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,504 |
| 1988 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #3,434 |
| 1987 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,898 |
| 1986 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,531 |
| 1985 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,693 |
| 1984 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,577 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,323 |
| 1982 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,844 |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,710 |
| 1980 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,526 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,648 |
| 1978 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,738 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,833 |
| 1973 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,961 |
| 1972 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,224 |
| 1970 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,859 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,256 |
| 1968 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,296 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,860 |
| 1966 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,442 |
| 1965 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,597 |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1963 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,658 |
| 1962 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,276 |
| 1961 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,145 |
| 1960 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,417 |
| 1959 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,523 |
| 1957 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,811 |
| 1956 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,198 |
| 1955 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,555 |
| 1954 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,767 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,093 |