Kennis*
#6,321 most common boys' name of all time · #15,785 across all names · 88% male / 12% female · used 1917–2024 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#6,321
Rank overall
#15,785 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
636
Since 2016
19
Peak year
1961 #2,124
Best rank
#2,124 1961
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Kennis first appears in 1917. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,060 |
| 2019 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2018 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,780 |
| 2015 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #10,785 |
| 2014 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,855 |
| 2013 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,823 |
| 2011 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,911 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,686 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,996 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2005 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #11,537 |
| 2003 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #7,954 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,743 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #8,458 |
| 2000 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,273 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,849 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,831 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,296 |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,980 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,333 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,223 |
| 1991 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,059 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,386 |
| 1988 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,769 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,969 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,929 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,260 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,610 |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,642 |
| 1980 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,316 |
| 1979 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,887 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,249 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,319 |
| 1976 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,541 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,063 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,337 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,690 |
| 1971 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,887 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,175 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,186 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,230 |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,866 |
| 1966 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,402 |
| 1965 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1964 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,621 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,492 |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,461 |
| 1961 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,124 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,230 |
| 1959 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,480 |
| 1958 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,336 |
| 1957 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,758 |
| 1956 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,589 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1952 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,487 |
| 1951 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,004 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,240 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,565 |
| 1948 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,750 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,844 |
| 1945 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,244 |
| 1944 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,354 |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,472 |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,833 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,455 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,868 |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,578 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,139 |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,407 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,672 |
| 1917 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,526 |