Kennith — #9910 US boys' name
10,554 babies named Kennith in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1956. 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.
20% of everyone ever named Kennith was born in this single decade.
234 babies were named Kennith in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kennith
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,554 babies named Kennith between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kennith currently holds the #9910 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 234 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kennith performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 2,064 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Kennith shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 931 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Kennith in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kennith 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 10,554 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.
Kennith at a glance
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Current rank
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Kennith popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1904
- Peak year (1956)
- 234
- Annual births at peak — across 121 years of records
Currently ranks #9910 among boys.
10,554 total births across 121 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 234 births in a single year.
Kennith popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1970 (Kennith as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kennith accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kennith by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 2,064 births that decade — 20% of Kennith's all-time total
Kennith decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,064 births
- Runner-up 1,801 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Kennith's strongest decade
2,064 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Kennith by state
Where Kennith concentrates geographically — total births since 1904
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 931 | 8.8% |
| #2 | California | | 650 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 649 | 6.1% |
| #4 | West Virginia | | 431 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 422 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 393 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 367 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 351 | 3.3% |
931 of 10,554 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.8% of nationwide
- California 6.2% of nationwide
- Kentucky 6.1% of nationwide
- West Virginia 4.1% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 27 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kennith appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1904–2024 (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.