Kenshawn
Kenshawn was last recorded in 2006, when 5 babies were given it; 75 Americans have been recorded with it between 1981 and 2006 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kenshawn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kenshawn?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,089, in 2006; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
10 babies in 1998, the peak
Kenshawn peaked in 1998, when 10 boys were given it, #6,078 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | #13,089 | 2.4 |
| 2004 | 6 | #10,705 | 3.0 |
| 2002 | 6 | #10,081 | 3.1 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,960 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 5 | #11,341 | 2.5 |
| 1999 | 7 | #8,311 | 3.6 |
| 1998 | 10 | #6,078 | 5.2 |
| 1997 | 5 | #10,059 | 2.7 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,815 | 2.6 |
| 1995 | 6 | #8,370 | 3.2 |
Every recorded year (12)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | #7,972 | 3.0 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,895 | 3.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Kenshawn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kenshawn has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 12 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Kenshawn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kenshawn, and how old are they?
An estimated 73 Americans named Kenshawn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kenshawn
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.