Unisex name · since 2005
Kennison
60 babies named Kennison in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 60
- total births
- 2005–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
Kennison sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 60 recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Kennison recorded 60 times among girls since 2005, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2019.
- 60 total births
- 2005–2019 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kennison's 60 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kennison's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kennison's full recorded timeline at 2011, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kennison popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2019
- Peak year (2017)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Kennison popularity over time - boys
44 total births recorded since 2006 (Kennison as boys' name)
Kennison by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kennison's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Kennison births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s
2010s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 31 births (52% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kennison: Baby Name Since 2005 - 60 Births, Peak 2017." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kennison. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kennison draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.