Kene — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kene

The Social Security Administration has registered 28 babies named Kene between 1978 and 2004, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kene currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Kene is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1999.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kene performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kene 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 28 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.