Boys' name · since 1963
Kenin
16 babies named Kenin in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 16
- total births
- 1963–2020
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
Kenin sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 16 recorded since 1963.
Social Security Administration records show Kenin recorded 16 times among boys since 1963, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2020.
- 16 total births
- 1963–2020 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 38% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenin's 16 recorded births place it above 32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kenin's full recorded timeline at 2010, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kenin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2020
- Peak year (2020)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Kenin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Kenin's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Kenin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6 births (38% 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, 1963–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenin: Baby Name Since 1963 - 16 Births, Peak 2020." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenin. 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 Kenin 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.