Kenrick — #6221 US boys' name
1,259 babies named Kenrick in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 56% of names given to boys today.
21% of everyone ever named Kenrick was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Kenrick in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenrick
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,259 babies named Kenrick between 1945 and 2024, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenrick currently holds the #6221 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 36 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenrick performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 267 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kenrick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 146 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kenrick in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenrick 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 1,259 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.
Kenrick at a glance
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Current rank
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Kenrick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1945
- Peak year (1990)
- 36
- Annual births at peak — across 80 years of records
Currently ranks #6221 among boys.
1,259 total births across 80 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 36 births in a single year.
Kenrick by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 267 births that decade — 21% of Kenrick's all-time total
Kenrick decade highlights
- Peak decade 267 births
- Runner-up 239 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kenrick's strongest decade
267 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Kenrick by state
Where Kenrick concentrates geographically — total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 146 | 11.6% |
| #2 | California | | 37 | 2.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
146 of 1,259 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 11.6% of nationwide
- California 2.9% of nationwide
- Florida 0.5% of nationwide
- Texas 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 11.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1945–2024 (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.