Kenan
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
#1145
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
184
boys 184
Peak year
2024
187 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
4,675
since 1947
Born a Kenan? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kenan was most popular in 2024, when 187 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.11 per 1,000). In 2025, 184 babies were named Kenan, ranking #1145 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 22%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 184 | 1145 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 187 | 1133 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 143 | 1328 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 168 | 1191 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 132 | 1383 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 135 | 1325 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 168 | 1157 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 135 | 1335 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 98 | 1623 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 106 | 1556 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 94 | 1668 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 110 | 1473 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 73 | 1915 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 103 | 1545 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 129 | 1319 |
| 2010 | 5 | 16992 | 88 | 1725 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 99 | 1604 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 121 | 1399 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15491 | 104 | 1516 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 104 | 1467 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 107 | 1390 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 94 | 1460 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 98 | 1372 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15432 | 114 | 1211 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 98 | 1327 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 106 | 1247 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 115 | 1142 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 103 | 1197 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 136 | 966 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 79 | 1359 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 82 | 1300 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 56 | 1633 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 51 | 1699 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 70 | 1352 |
| 1991 | 9 | 8588 | 37 | 2019 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 41 | 1870 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 25 | 2545 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 35 | 1879 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 36 | 1793 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 40 | 1617 |
| 1985 | 5 | 10677 | 34 | 1764 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 38 | 1581 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 33 | 1711 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 36 | 1654 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 35 | 1661 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 38 | 1569 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 39 | 1510 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 43 | 1410 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 44 | 1367 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 31 | 1677 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 29 | 1704 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 28 | 1692 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 15 | 2513 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 8 | 3622 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 9 | 3370 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 12 | 2739 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 12 | 2549 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 7 | 3231 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 14 | 2132 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 19 | 1806 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 12 | 2409 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 12 | 2414 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 12 | 2364 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 14 | 2242 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 9 | 2821 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 9 | 2818 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 12 | 2375 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 10 | 2558 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 7 | 3176 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 5 | 3798 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 5 | 3690 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 5 | 3733 |
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Where Kenan is most popular
- Michigan4.3×
- New York2.8×
- North Carolina2.7×
- Illinois2.5×
- Florida1.2×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 1% · boys 99% across all years