Fennec — #7165 US boys' name
117 babies named Fennec in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 50% of names given to boys today.
66% of everyone ever named Fennec was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Fennec in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Fennec
The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Fennec between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fennec currently holds the #7165 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Fennec performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Fennec shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Fennec in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 117 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Fennec at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Fennec popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2015
- Peak year (2022)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #7165 among boys.
117 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 27 births in a single year.
Fennec popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Fennec as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Fennec accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Fennec by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 77 births that decade — 66% of Fennec's all-time total
Fennec decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Fennec's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2015–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.