Girls' name · since 1973
Kenosha
377 babies named Kenosha in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 377
- total births
- 1973–2003
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
377 girls have been named Kenosha since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kenosha has 377 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2003.
- 377 total births
- 1973–2003 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenosha's 377 recorded births place it above 81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Kenosha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kenosha's full recorded timeline at 1988, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kenosha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2003
- Peak year (1991)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Kenosha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kenosha's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kenosha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
92 births
- 1980s
1980s
116 births
- 1990s
1990s
153 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 153 births (41% of all-time use).
Kenosha by state
Where Kenosha concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
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What to do with Kenosha's data
- Kenosha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (153 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Kenoshas (47 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1973–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenosha: Baby Name Since 1973 - 377 Births, Peak 1991." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenosha. 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 Kenosha 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.