Kennet — #10005 US boys' name
214 babies named Kennet in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Kennet was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Kennet in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kennet
The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Kennet between 1938 and 2024, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kennet currently holds the #10005 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kennet performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kennet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kennet 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 214 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.
Kennet at a glance
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Current rank
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Kennet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1938
- Peak year (1959)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 87 years of records
Currently ranks #10005 among boys.
214 total births across 87 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 13 births in a single year.
Kennet by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 44 births that decade — 21% of Kennet's all-time total
Kennet decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Kennet's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
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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, 1938–2024 (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.