Kener — #11633 US boys' name
78 babies named Kener in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 18% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Kener was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Kener in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kener
The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Kener between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kener currently holds the #11633 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kener performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kener shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kener 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 78 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.
Kener at a glance
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Current rank
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Kener popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2004
- Peak year (2023)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
Currently ranks #11633 among boys.
78 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 11 births in a single year.
Kener by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 37 births that decade — 47% of Kener's all-time total
Kener decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kener's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 2004–2024 (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.