Unisex name · since 1978
Kene
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 28 babies named Kene, peaking in 1978. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 28
- total births
- 1978–2004
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
Kene sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 28 recorded since 1978.
Kene has 28 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2004.
- 28 total births
- 1978–2004 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 61% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kene's 28 recorded births place it above 42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kene's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kene popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2004
- Peak year (1978)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Kene popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1999 (Kene as girls' name)
Kene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kene's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Kene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 17 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Kene's decade-level peak was the 1970s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kene: Baby Name Since 1978 - 28 Births, Peak 1978." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kene. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.