Boys' name · since 1981
Kenshawn
75 babies named Kenshawn in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 75
- total births
- 1981–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
Kenshawn sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 75 recorded since 1981.
Kenshawn has 75 recorded births among boys since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1981 to 2006.
- 75 total births
- 1981–2006 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenshawn's 75 recorded births place it above 57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenshawn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kenshawn's full recorded timeline at 1999, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kenshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2006
- Peak year (1998)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Kenshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kenshawn's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Kenshawn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 39 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Kenshawn's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 2000s (30) -- 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, 1981–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenshawn: Baby Name Since 1981 - 75 Births, Peak 1998." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenshawn. 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 Kenshawn 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.