Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kennon

#3,312 most common boys' name of all time · #8,057 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1917–2025

Rank among boys
#3,312
Rank overall
#8,057 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
1,826
Since 2016
162
Peak year
1991 #2,366
Best rank
#1,458 1964
Girls Boys peak 35/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kennon 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 15 15 #5,913
2024 — 16 16 #5,697
2023 — 6 6 #10,962
2022 — 20 20 #4,872
2021 — 17 17 #5,379
2020 — 19 19 #4,892
2019 — 15 15 #5,849
2018 — 16 16 #5,581
2017 — 17 17 #5,335
2016 — 21 21 #4,649
2015 5 21 26 #4,570
2014 — 18 18 #5,086
2013 — 14 14 #5,973
2012 — 17 17 #5,300
2011 — 17 17 #5,242
2010 — 19 19 #4,873
2009 — 12 12 #6,869
2008 — 21 21 #4,571
2007 5 24 29 #4,146
2006 — 24 24 #4,017
2005 — 25 25 #3,727
2004 — 33 33 #3,028
2003 — 28 28 #3,296
2002 — 24 24 #3,567
2001 — 14 14 #5,181
2000 5 21 26 #3,796
1999 — 24 24 #3,304
1998 — 21 21 #3,511
1997 — 20 20 #3,495
1996 — 19 19 #3,575
1995 — 31 31 #2,460
1994 5 24 29 #2,979
1993 — 20 20 #3,273
1992 — 19 19 #3,379
1991 5 30 35 #2,366
1990 — 27 27 #2,515
1989 — 30 30 #2,265
1988 — 25 25 #2,400
1987 — 30 30 #2,036
1986 — 20 20 #2,629
1985 — 21 21 #2,463
1984 — 21 21 #2,392
1983 — 19 19 #2,531
1982 — 24 24 #2,181
1981 — 20 20 #2,442
1980 — 18 18 #2,663
1979 5 22 27 #2,261
1978 — 27 27 #1,887
1977 — 20 20 #2,299
1976 — 22 22 #2,143
1975 — 18 18 #2,407
1974 — 26 26 #1,811
1973 — 25 25 #1,799
1972 — 22 22 #1,948
1971 — 23 23 #1,890
1970 — 29 29 #1,603
1969 — 16 16 #2,178
1968 — 24 24 #1,641
1967 — 28 28 #1,470
1966 — 21 21 #1,711
1965 — 19 19 #1,839
1964 — 30 30 #1,458
1963 — 22 22 #1,732
1962 — 18 18 #1,939
1961 — 12 12 #2,496
1960 — 17 17 #2,019
1959 — 19 19 #1,899
1958 — 10 10 #2,753
1957 — 19 19 #1,871
1956 — 21 21 #1,756
1955 — 17 17 #1,966
1954 — 9 9 #2,883
1953 — 22 22 #1,670
1952 — 19 19 #1,795
1951 — 10 10 #2,625
1950 — 19 19 #1,739
1949 — 8 8 #2,971
1948 — 13 13 #2,200
1947 — 11 11 #2,471
1946 — 15 15 #1,938
1945 — 10 10 #2,373
1944 — 9 9 #2,602
1943 — 15 15 #1,978
1942 — 8 8 #2,912
1941 — 6 6 #3,411
1940 — 8 8 #2,832
1939 — 9 9 #2,589
1938 — 7 7 #3,128
1937 — 6 6 #3,447
1936 — 10 10 #2,435
1933 — 5 5 #4,003
1932 — 13 13 #2,184
1931 — 5 5 #4,133
1930 — 5 5 #4,344
1929 — 5 5 #4,358
1928 — 7 7 #3,622
1927 — 6 6 #4,093
1926 — 10 10 #2,886
1925 — 5 5 #4,612
1923 — 9 9 #3,151
1922 — 9 9 #3,230
1921 — 10 10 #2,976
1917 — 9 9 #2,954