Boys' name · since 1997
Kenet
23 babies named Kenet in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 23
- total births
- 1997–2006
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 78%
- born in that decade
23 boys have been named Kenet since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kenet recorded 23 times among boys since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2006.
- 23 total births
- 1997–2006 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 78% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenet's 23 recorded births place it above 38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kenet splits its recorded history at 2002: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kenet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2006
- Peak year (2000)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Kenet by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kenet's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Kenet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 18 births (78% of all-time use).
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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, 1997–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenet: Baby Name Since 1997 - 23 Births, Peak 2000." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenet. 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 Kenet 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.