Kennen — #12580 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kennen

The Social Security Administration has registered 287 babies named Kennen between 1965 and 2024, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kennen currently holds the #12580 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kennen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kennen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kennen 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 287 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.