Kenshawn — boys' name
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.
The verdict
75 boys have been named Kenshawn since 1981, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2006.
- 75
- total births
- 1981–2006
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Kenshawn was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Kenshawn in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenshawn
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Kenshawn between 1981 and 2006, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenshawn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenshawn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kenshawn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenshawn 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 75 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.
Kenshawn at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kenshawn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1981
- Peak year (1998)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
75 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 10 births in a single year.
Kenshawn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 39 births that decade — 52% of Kenshawn's all-time total
Kenshawn decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kenshawn's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 1981–2006 (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.