Kenora — girls' name
112 babies named Kenora in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
112 girls have been named Kenora since 1968, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2017.
- 112
- total births
- 1968–2017
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Kenora was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Kenora in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenora
The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Kenora between 1968 and 2017, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kenora currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenora performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kenora shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenora 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 112 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.
Kenora at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kenora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1968
- Peak year (1988)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
112 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 15 births in a single year.
Kenora by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 60 births that decade — 54% of Kenora's all-time total
Kenora decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kenora's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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, 1968–2017 (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.