Boys' name · since 2011
Kensen
Kensen has 44 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 44
- total births
- 2011–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Kensen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 44 recorded since 2011.
Social Security Administration records show Kensen recorded 44 times among boys since 2011, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2022.
- 44 total births
- 2011–2022 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kensen's 44 recorded births place it above 49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kensen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kensen splits its recorded history at 2018: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2017 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kensen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2022
- Peak year (2014)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Kensen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kensen's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Kensen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 24 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Kensen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (24 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 2011–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kensen: Baby Name Since 2011 - 44 Births, Peak 2014." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kensen. 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 Kensen 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.