Kennith
Kennith was given to 6 boys in 2025, #11,370 among boys’ names; 10,565 Americans have been recorded with it since 1904 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 6,360 Americans named Kennith and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (60% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 44 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kennith by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kennith?
#11,370 among boys’ names, 2025
Kennith rose from #13,100 in 2015 to #11,370 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.6 to 3.5 per million.
234 babies in 1956, the peak
Kennith peaked in 1956, when 234 boys were given it, #494 among boys’ names. The 6 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #11,370 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 7 | #10,426 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #9,370 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,444 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,509 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 7 | #10,107 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,607 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,843 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,665 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,499 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #13,100 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,974 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 18 | #5,078 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,840 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,477 | 0.02 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,767 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,510 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,785 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,845 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,642 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,927 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,115 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,075 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,306 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,590 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,404 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,183 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,422 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 60 | #1,658 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 53 | #1,752 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,117 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 54 | #1,677 | 0.03 |
| 1993 | 56 | #1,604 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 66 | #1,402 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 63 | #1,433 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 61 | #1,439 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 88 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 75 | #1,165 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 79 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 90 | #963 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 71 | #1,062 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,246 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 84 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,263 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 88 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 78 | #972 | 0.05 |
| 1976 | 77 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 96 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 100 | #804 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 80 | #895 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 108 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 135 | #712 | 0.08 |
| 1970 | 138 | #708 | 0.07 |
| 1969 | 155 | #638 | 0.09 |
| 1968 | 145 | #629 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 146 | #622 | 0.08 |
| 1966 | 156 | #599 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 175 | #577 | 0.09 |
| 1964 | 211 | #542 | 0.11 |
| 1963 | 186 | #583 | 0.09 |
| 1962 | 219 | #537 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 211 | #545 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 197 | #560 | 0.09 |
| 1959 | 223 | #528 | 0.10 |
| 1958 | 201 | #543 | 0.09 |
| 1957 | 219 | #519 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 234 | #494 | 0.11 |
| 1955 | 206 | #511 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 191 | #528 | 0.09 |
| 1953 | 190 | #511 | 0.10 |
| 1952 | 210 | #485 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 204 | #473 | 0.11 |
| 1950 | 186 | #492 | 0.10 |
| 1949 | 199 | #465 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 215 | #455 | 0.12 |
| 1947 | 194 | #480 | 0.11 |
| 1946 | 175 | #484 | 0.11 |
| 1945 | 158 | #477 | 0.12 |
| 1944 | 149 | #498 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 142 | #532 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 178 | #467 | 0.13 |
| 1941 | 141 | #492 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 192 | #423 | 0.17 |
| 1939 | 155 | #464 | 0.14 |
| 1938 | 151 | #473 | 0.14 |
| 1937 | 171 | #434 | 0.16 |
| 1936 | 126 | #508 | 0.12 |
| 1935 | 133 | #496 | 0.13 |
| 1934 | 122 | #532 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 133 | #487 | 0.13 |
| 1932 | 108 | #573 | 0.10 |
| 1931 | 107 | #571 | 0.10 |
| 1930 | 98 | #623 | 0.09 |
| 1929 | 80 | #692 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 88 | #674 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 73 | #771 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 66 | #817 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 75 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 67 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 57 | #907 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 59 | #915 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 55 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,179 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,351 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,229 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,357 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,042 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,544 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,687 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,645 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,267 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,307 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Kennith a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kennith has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 117 years of records.
Girls and boys named Kennith: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kennith, and how old are they?
6,360 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 60% of the 10,565 Americans ever recorded as Kennith. The median Kennith alive today is 61 years old; half are between 44 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 4,876 people named Kennith (17 women and girls, 4,859 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,142 born in the U.S. The Census count is 32% 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 | 526 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,570 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,570 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,020 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 532 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 148 |
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).
Where are babies named Kennith born?
The states with the most babies named Kennith are Texas, California and Kentucky, with 33% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 931 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 650 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Kentucky | 649 | not ranked | 3.0× |
| West Virginia | 431 | not ranked | 3.2× |
| Oklahoma | 422 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| Alabama | 393 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Tennessee | 367 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Arkansas | 351 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Virginia | 342 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 283 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Kennith is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Kennith is most over-represented in West Virginia: since 1910 it was given 3.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Kennith with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 1,305,620 babies since 1880, Kennith is the second most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 1,166 babies (<1%), the third most given that year.
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 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kennith
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.
More about Kennith and names like it
- Compare Kennith and KennethBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sKennith peaked in 1956.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kennith since 1910.
- The top names of 1956The year the most babies were named Kennith.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Kennith alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with KMost given first.