Kennard
Kennard was given to 7 boys in 2025, #10,210 among boys’ names; 2,711 Americans have been recorded with it since 1906 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,740 Americans named Kennard and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (64% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 34 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kennard by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Kennard mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Kennard is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Kennard?
#10,210 among boys’ names, 2025
Kennard rose from #11,436 in 2015 to #10,210 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.1 to 4.1 per million.
55 babies in 1954, the peak
Kennard peaked in 1954, when 55 boys were given it, #1,013 among boys’ names. The 7 births of 2025 are 13% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #10,210 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 7 | #10,267 | 4.1 |
| 2020 | 5 | #13,137 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,942 | 5.6 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,930 | 6.6 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,514 | 4.9 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,894 | 5.3 |
| 2015 | 6 | #11,436 | 3.1 |
| 2014 | 14 | #6,157 | 7.3 |
| 2013 | 5 | #13,144 | 2.6 |
Every recorded year (112)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 13 | #6,497 | 6.9 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,322 | 9.0 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,882 | 5.2 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,961 | 7.6 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,639 | 7.8 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,877 | 5.8 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,780 | 9.2 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,392 | 10.0 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,378 | 7.6 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,159 | 7.6 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,812 | 8.2 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,856 | 6.2 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,445 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,063 | 14.1 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,931 | 9.4 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,399 | 11.1 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,103 | 8.4 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,723 | 14.2 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,276 | 10.9 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,427 | 15.8 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,569 | 14.0 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,501 | 13.9 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,280 | 15.1 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,042 | 17.5 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,601 | 23.5 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,878 | 18.2 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,814 | 18.5 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,776 | 18.4 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,643 | 19.9 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,986 | 15.1 |
| 1982 | 35 | #1,689 | 19.3 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,618 | 20.7 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,834 | 17.4 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,074 | 14.5 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,736 | 9.7 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,169 | 13.4 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,208 | 13.4 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,859 | 16.7 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,914 | 15.3 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,274 | 11.5 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,430 | 22.2 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,617 | 17.0 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,640 | 15.1 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,482 | 16.8 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,527 | 15.5 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,426 | 16.6 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,250 | 20.7 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,215 | 21.5 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,165 | 22.1 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,264 | 18.7 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,325 | 16.9 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,668 | 11.3 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,328 | 16.9 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,481 | 13.6 |
| 1958 | 30 | #1,434 | 14.1 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,468 | 13.4 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,097 | 22.7 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,121 | 21.4 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,013 | 27.0 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,130 | 21.8 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,282 | 17.5 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,269 | 18.1 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,150 | 21.8 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,311 | 17.5 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,268 | 18.8 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,466 | 14.2 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,453 | 14.8 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,360 | 17.8 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,382 | 17.6 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,446 | 16.8 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,181 | 25.3 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,559 | 16.3 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,324 | 22.4 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,440 | 19.9 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,297 | 24.3 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,278 | 26.3 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,616 | 17.4 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,135 | 32.6 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,203 | 30.0 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,151 | 33.3 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,246 | 28.7 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,319 | 26.9 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,316 | 27.3 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,146 | 13.0 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,546 | 21.7 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,844 | 16.9 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,686 | 18.9 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,968 | 15.2 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,811 | 17.7 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,281 | 12.8 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,486 | 23.9 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,866 | 17.3 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,283 | 13.2 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,847 | 18.4 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,995 | 8.9 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,728 | 20.5 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,487 | 25.8 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,326 | 30.6 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,731 | 21.4 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,653 | 11.7 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,686 | 23.3 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,339 | 37.6 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Kennard a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kennard has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 112 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Kennard: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kennard, and how old are they?
1,740 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 64% of the 2,711 Americans ever recorded as Kennard. The median Kennard alive today is 48 years old; half are between 34 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 1,587 people named Kennard (5 women and girls, 1,582 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,882 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 90 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 450 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 386 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 473 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 254 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 84 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kennard
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.