Kenn — boys' name
756 babies named Kenn in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Kenn was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Kenn in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenn
The Social Security Administration has registered 756 babies named Kenn between 1938 and 2018, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 202 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kenn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kenn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenn 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 756 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.
Kenn at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kenn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1938
- Peak year (1958)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 81 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
756 total births across 81 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 29 births in a single year.
Kenn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 202 births that decade — 27% of Kenn's all-time total
Kenn decade highlights
- Peak decade 202 births
- Runner-up 183 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Kenn's strongest decade
202 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Kenn by state
Where Kenn concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 756 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 0.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1938–2018 (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.