Kennan — #6224 US boys' name
1,210 babies named Kennan in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Kennan was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Kennan in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kennan
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,210 babies named Kennan between 1952 and 2024, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kennan currently holds the #6224 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kennan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 312 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kennan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kennan in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kennan 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 1,210 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.
Kennan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kennan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1952
- Peak year (2004)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
Currently ranks #6224 among boys.
1,210 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 41 births in a single year.
Kennan popularity over time — girls
53 total births recorded since 1988 (Kennan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kennan accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kennan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 312 births that decade — 26% of Kennan's all-time total
Kennan decade highlights
- Peak decade 312 births
- Runner-up 261 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kennan's strongest decade
312 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Kennan by state
Where Kennan concentrates geographically — total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 2.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 19 | 1.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.4% |
26 of 1,210 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
- Florida 0.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.1% 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, 1952–2024 (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.