Kenneth
#22 most common boys' name of all time · #28 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#22
Rank overall
#28 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,289,312
Since 2016
14,820
Peak year
1957 #14
Best rank
#13 1939
Girls
Boys
peak 28,145/yr
Kenneth is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 1,148 | 1,148 | #294 |
| 2024 | — | 1,190 | 1,190 | #284 |
| 2023 | — | 1,321 | 1,321 | #262 |
| 2022 | — | 1,312 | 1,312 | #263 |
| 2021 | — | 1,373 | 1,373 | #258 |
| 2020 | — | 1,483 | 1,483 | #243 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1,623 | 1,630 | #233 |
| 2018 | — | 1,671 | 1,671 | #225 |
| 2017 | — | 1,766 | 1,766 | #217 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1,921 | 1,926 | #208 |
| 2015 | — | 2,033 | 2,033 | #198 |
| 2014 | — | 2,153 | 2,153 | #191 |
| 2013 | — | 2,177 | 2,177 | #187 |
| 2012 | — | 2,224 | 2,224 | #175 |
| 2011 | — | 2,217 | 2,217 | #170 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2,428 | 2,433 | #160 |
| 2009 | — | 2,612 | 2,612 | #151 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,967 | 2,973 | #137 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,108 | 3,113 | #135 |
| 2006 | 9 | 3,243 | 3,252 | #129 |
| 2005 | 7 | 3,368 | 3,375 | #122 |
| 2004 | 17 | 3,425 | 3,442 | #119 |
| 2003 | 9 | 3,643 | 3,652 | #111 |
| 2002 | — | 3,665 | 3,665 | #104 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3,907 | 3,913 | #97 |
| 2000 | 6 | 4,152 | 4,158 | #94 |
| 1999 | 9 | 4,285 | 4,294 | #89 |
| 1998 | 9 | 4,586 | 4,595 | #87 |
| 1997 | 15 | 4,659 | 4,674 | #83 |
| 1996 | 11 | 4,973 | 4,984 | #77 |
| 1995 | 15 | 5,226 | 5,241 | #72 |
| 1994 | 16 | 5,679 | 5,695 | #65 |
| 1993 | 27 | 6,276 | 6,303 | #60 |
| 1992 | 22 | 6,732 | 6,754 | #59 |
| 1991 | 26 | 7,576 | 7,602 | #54 |
| 1990 | 39 | 8,262 | 8,301 | #52 |
| 1989 | 35 | 8,555 | 8,590 | #53 |
| 1988 | 69 | 8,567 | 8,636 | #51 |
| 1987 | 78 | 8,354 | 8,432 | #53 |
| 1986 | 90 | 8,453 | 8,543 | #50 |
| 1985 | 60 | 8,992 | 9,052 | #47 |
| 1984 | 86 | 8,790 | 8,876 | #46 |
| 1983 | 80 | 8,965 | 9,045 | #45 |
| 1982 | 67 | 9,354 | 9,421 | #45 |
| 1981 | 85 | 9,472 | 9,557 | #41 |
| 1980 | 81 | 9,608 | 9,689 | #41 |
| 1979 | 67 | 9,236 | 9,303 | #41 |
| 1978 | 66 | 9,021 | 9,087 | #41 |
| 1977 | 73 | 9,452 | 9,525 | #39 |
| 1976 | 75 | 9,127 | 9,202 | #38 |
| 1975 | 62 | 9,634 | 9,696 | #35 |
| 1974 | 63 | 10,143 | 10,206 | #34 |
| 1973 | 95 | 10,979 | 11,074 | #28 |
| 1972 | 78 | 12,334 | 12,412 | #27 |
| 1971 | 73 | 14,763 | 14,836 | #25 |
| 1970 | 106 | 16,800 | 16,906 | #25 |
| 1969 | 106 | 17,553 | 17,659 | #23 |
| 1968 | 94 | 18,077 | 18,171 | #23 |
| 1967 | 97 | 19,263 | 19,360 | #22 |
| 1966 | 104 | 20,834 | 20,938 | #21 |
| 1965 | 111 | 22,677 | 22,788 | #21 |
| 1964 | 127 | 24,850 | 24,977 | #18 |
| 1963 | 94 | 25,235 | 25,329 | #18 |
| 1962 | 119 | 25,241 | 25,360 | #18 |
| 1961 | 80 | 26,100 | 26,180 | #16 |
| 1960 | 93 | 27,701 | 27,794 | #16 |
| 1959 | 110 | 26,640 | 26,750 | #15 |
| 1958 | 103 | 26,684 | 26,787 | #14 |
| 1957 | 81 | 28,064 | 28,145 | #14 |
| 1956 | 72 | 27,432 | 27,504 | #16 |
| 1955 | 70 | 26,743 | 26,813 | #15 |
| 1954 | 60 | 26,186 | 26,246 | #17 |
| 1953 | 53 | 25,507 | 25,560 | #17 |
| 1952 | 63 | 25,909 | 25,972 | #16 |
| 1951 | 61 | 25,841 | 25,902 | #16 |
| 1950 | 43 | 23,813 | 23,856 | #15 |
| 1949 | 62 | 23,589 | 23,651 | #15 |
| 1948 | 60 | 23,550 | 23,610 | #15 |
| 1947 | 54 | 24,586 | 24,640 | #15 |
| 1946 | 54 | 22,042 | 22,096 | #15 |
| 1945 | 46 | 18,096 | 18,142 | #16 |
| 1944 | 49 | 18,093 | 18,142 | #16 |
| 1943 | 53 | 19,112 | 19,165 | #15 |
| 1942 | 60 | 18,210 | 18,270 | #15 |
| 1941 | 30 | 16,143 | 16,173 | #15 |
| 1940 | 54 | 15,132 | 15,186 | #15 |
| 1939 | 44 | 14,715 | 14,759 | #13 |
| 1938 | 51 | 14,399 | 14,450 | #14 |
| 1937 | 36 | 13,219 | 13,255 | #14 |
| 1936 | 34 | 12,486 | 12,520 | #14 |
| 1935 | 41 | 12,067 | 12,108 | #15 |
| 1934 | 48 | 11,800 | 11,848 | #15 |
| 1933 | 49 | 11,410 | 11,459 | #15 |
| 1932 | 59 | 11,742 | 11,801 | #14 |
| 1931 | 74 | 11,568 | 11,642 | #14 |
| 1930 | 86 | 11,705 | 11,791 | #17 |
| 1929 | 89 | 10,841 | 10,930 | #18 |
| 1928 | 77 | 11,167 | 11,244 | #17 |
| 1927 | 80 | 10,848 | 10,928 | #18 |
| 1926 | 71 | 10,342 | 10,413 | #18 |
| 1925 | 50 | 10,146 | 10,196 | #19 |
| 1924 | 46 | 10,355 | 10,401 | #19 |
| 1923 | 53 | 9,734 | 9,787 | #21 |
| 1922 | 42 | 9,258 | 9,300 | #21 |
| 1921 | 34 | 8,959 | 8,993 | #22 |
| 1920 | 36 | 7,840 | 7,876 | #23 |
| 1919 | 31 | 6,796 | 6,827 | #26 |
| 1918 | 43 | 6,809 | 6,852 | #27 |
| 1917 | 28 | 6,141 | 6,169 | #27 |
| 1916 | 30 | 6,012 | 6,042 | #27 |
| 1915 | 24 | 5,681 | 5,705 | #28 |
| 1914 | 21 | 4,178 | 4,199 | #30 |
| 1913 | 15 | 3,065 | 3,080 | #33 |
| 1912 | 11 | 2,538 | 2,549 | #33 |
| 1911 | — | 1,148 | 1,148 | #40 |
| 1910 | — | 880 | 880 | #43 |
| 1909 | 6 | 746 | 752 | #41 |
| 1908 | — | 692 | 692 | #40 |
| 1907 | — | 589 | 589 | #47 |
| 1906 | — | 534 | 534 | #45 |
| 1905 | — | 474 | 474 | #53 |
| 1904 | 6 | 414 | 420 | #57 |
| 1903 | — | 330 | 330 | #67 |
| 1902 | — | 275 | 275 | #78 |
| 1901 | — | 246 | 246 | #78 |
| 1900 | — | 279 | 279 | #90 |
| 1899 | — | 214 | 214 | #87 |
| 1898 | — | 191 | 191 | #100 |
| 1897 | — | 164 | 164 | #105 |
| 1896 | — | 175 | 175 | #106 |
| 1895 | — | 127 | 127 | #131 |
| 1894 | — | 105 | 105 | #146 |
| 1893 | — | 83 | 83 | #174 |
| 1892 | — | 102 | 102 | #158 |
| 1891 | — | 65 | 65 | #193 |
| 1890 | — | 72 | 72 | #189 |
| 1889 | — | 66 | 66 | #199 |
| 1888 | — | 45 | 45 | #268 |
| 1887 | — | 35 | 35 | #274 |
| 1886 | — | 38 | 38 | #277 |
| 1885 | — | 41 | 41 | #262 |
| 1884 | — | 28 | 28 | #331 |
| 1883 | — | 26 | 26 | #326 |
| 1882 | — | 22 | 22 | #378 |
| 1881 | — | 29 | 29 | #301 |
| 1880 | — | 32 | 32 | #297 |