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Kenrick

#4,156 most common boys' name of all time · #10,192 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1945–2025

Rank among boys
#4,156
Rank overall
#10,192 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
1,265
Since 2016
106
Peak year
1990 #2,068
Best rank
#1,858 1978
Girls Boys peak 36/yr
1960198020002020

Kenrick first appears in 1945. 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 6 6 #10,874
2024 14 14 #6,253
2022 11 11 #7,349
2021 9 9 #8,277
2020 12 12 #6,702
2019 8 8 #9,030
2018 14 14 #6,102
2017 11 11 #7,183
2016 21 21 #4,660
2015 16 16 #5,558
2014 13 13 #6,375
2013 20 20 #4,666
2012 8 8 #8,997
2011 14 14 #5,997
2010 22 22 #4,401
2009 22 22 #4,466
2008 16 16 #5,538
2007 23 23 #4,279
2006 20 20 #4,559
2005 10 10 #7,214
2004 25 25 #3,664
2003 32 32 #3,003
2002 14 14 #5,197
2001 16 16 #4,727
2000 19 19 #4,103
1999 24 24 #3,316
1998 29 29 #2,804
1997 23 23 #3,193
1996 30 30 #2,549
1995 25 25 #2,879
1994 21 21 #3,259
1993 33 33 #2,315
1992 31 31 #2,389
1991 15 15 #3,886
1990 36 36 #2,068
1989 24 24 #2,653
1988 20 20 #2,804
1987 18 18 #2,889
1986 25 25 #2,261
1985 22 22 #2,398
1984 23 23 #2,264
1983 26 26 #2,057
1982 23 23 #2,241
1981 29 29 #1,920
1980 29 29 #1,951
1979 22 22 #2,273
1978 28 28 #1,858
1977 20 20 #2,319
1976 13 13 #3,019
1975 19 19 #2,327
1974 25 25 #1,864
1973 18 18 #2,274
1972 16 16 #2,384
1971 20 20 #2,100
1970 16 16 #2,360
1969 14 14 #2,377
1968 9 9 #3,042
1967 8 8 #3,156
1965 6 6 #3,787
1964 9 9 #3,010
1963 8 8 #3,256
1962 8 8 #3,250
1961 10 10 #2,867
1960 10 10 #2,840
1959 9 9 #2,992
1958 7 7 #3,504
1957 6 6 #3,897
1956 7 7 #3,479
1955 7 7 #3,461
1954 11 11 #2,576
1953 8 8 #3,123
1952 7 7 #3,343
1951 11 11 #2,493
1948 5 5 #4,141
1945 6 6 #3,332