Kenniel — #13426 US boys' name
134 babies named Kenniel in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 6% of names given to boys today.
63% of everyone ever named Kenniel was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Kenniel in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenniel
The Social Security Administration has registered 134 babies named Kenniel between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenniel currently holds the #13426 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenniel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kenniel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kenniel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenniel 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 134 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.
Kenniel at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Kenniel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2015)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #13426 among boys.
134 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 17 births in a single year.
Kenniel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 85 births that decade — 63% of Kenniel's all-time total
Kenniel decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kenniel's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Kenniel by state
Where Kenniel concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 6 | 4.5% |
6 of 134 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 4.5% 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, 2011–2024 (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.