Is Kenneth a boy or girl name?
Kenneth is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 1,186 boys were named Kenneth, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.4% of the 1,288,147 US babies named Kenneth were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #284
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Kenneth since 1880
- 1,288,147
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 28,141 babies
Boys and girls named Kenneth, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 363 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 1,298 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 4,579 | 12 | 0.3% |
| 1910s | 43,248 | 203 | 0.5% |
| 1920s | 99,490 | 578 | 0.6% |
| 1930s | 125,109 | 522 | 0.4% |
| 1940s | 198,551 | 522 | 0.3% |
| 1950s | 262,822 | 716 | 0.3% |
| 1960s | 227,514 | 1,025 | 0.4% |
| 1970s | 111,497 | 758 | 0.7% |
| 1980s | 89,118 | 731 | 0.8% |
| 1990s | 58,256 | 189 | 0.3% |
| 2000s | 34,090 | 65 | 0.2% |
| 2010s | 20,205 | 17 | 0.1% |
| 2020s | 6,669 | 0 | 0% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,186 | #284 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1,318 | #262 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1,310 | #263 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1,373 | #258 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1,482 | #243 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1,622 | #234 | 7 | #13,128 |
| 2018 | 1,671 | #225 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1,765 | #218 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1,919 | #208 | 5 | #17,601 |
| 2015 | 2,031 | #200 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 2,153 | #191 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 2,176 | #187 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 2,224 | #175 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 2,217 | #170 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 2,427 | #160 | 5 | #18,470 |
| 2009 | 2,612 | #151 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 2,967 | #137 | 6 | #16,470 |
| 2007 | 3,108 | #135 | 5 | #19,089 |
| 2006 | 3,243 | #129 | 9 | #11,942 |
| 2005 | 3,368 | #122 | 7 | #13,756 |
| 2004 | 3,425 | #119 | 17 | #6,941 |
| 2003 | 3,643 | #111 | 9 | #10,872 |
| 2002 | 3,665 | #104 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3,907 | #97 | 6 | #14,456 |
| 2000 | 4,152 | #94 | 6 | #14,067 |
| 1999 | 4,285 | #89 | 9 | #9,916 |
| 1998 | 4,586 | #87 | 9 | #9,709 |
| 1997 | 4,659 | #83 | 15 | #6,333 |
| 1996 | 4,973 | #77 | 11 | #7,853 |
| 1995 | 5,226 | #72 | 15 | #6,113 |
| 1994 | 5,679 | #65 | 16 | #5,856 |
| 1993 | 6,277 | #60 | 27 | #3,930 |
| 1992 | 6,733 | #59 | 22 | #4,612 |
| 1991 | 7,576 | #54 | 26 | #3,992 |
| 1990 | 8,262 | #52 | 39 | #2,928 |
| 1989 | 8,555 | #53 | 35 | #3,074 |
| 1988 | 8,567 | #51 | 69 | #1,811 |
| 1987 | 8,354 | #53 | 78 | #1,600 |
| 1986 | 8,453 | #50 | 90 | #1,429 |
| 1985 | 8,994 | #47 | 60 | #1,872 |
| 1984 | 8,791 | #46 | 86 | #1,378 |
| 1983 | 8,965 | #45 | 80 | #1,458 |
| 1982 | 9,356 | #45 | 67 | #1,690 |
| 1981 | 9,473 | #41 | 85 | #1,438 |
| 1980 | 9,610 | #41 | 81 | #1,488 |
| 1979 | 9,237 | #41 | 67 | #1,668 |
| 1978 | 9,021 | #41 | 66 | #1,620 |
| 1977 | 9,453 | #39 | 73 | #1,507 |
| 1976 | 9,128 | #38 | 75 | #1,413 |
| 1975 | 9,633 | #35 | 62 | #1,595 |
| 1974 | 10,146 | #34 | 63 | #1,542 |
| 1973 | 10,981 | #28 | 95 | #1,155 |
| 1972 | 12,333 | #27 | 78 | #1,305 |
| 1971 | 14,762 | #26 | 73 | #1,434 |
| 1970 | 16,803 | #25 | 106 | #1,111 |
| 1969 | 17,550 | #23 | 106 | #1,070 |
| 1968 | 18,078 | #23 | 94 | #1,103 |
| 1967 | 19,260 | #22 | 97 | #1,049 |
| 1966 | 20,834 | #21 | 104 | #1,013 |
| 1965 | 22,677 | #21 | 111 | #986 |
| 1964 | 24,857 | #18 | 127 | #935 |
| 1963 | 25,226 | #18 | 94 | #1,132 |
| 1962 | 25,240 | #18 | 119 | #981 |
| 1961 | 26,101 | #16 | 80 | #1,238 |
| 1960 | 27,691 | #16 | 93 | #1,128 |
| 1959 | 26,641 | #15 | 110 | #1,007 |
| 1958 | 26,686 | #14 | 103 | #1,033 |
| 1957 | 28,060 | #14 | 81 | #1,174 |
| 1956 | 27,433 | #16 | 72 | #1,230 |
| 1955 | 26,744 | #15 | 70 | #1,200 |
| 1954 | 26,185 | #17 | 60 | #1,282 |
| 1953 | 25,507 | #17 | 53 | #1,338 |
| 1952 | 25,910 | #16 | 63 | #1,202 |
| 1951 | 25,843 | #16 | 61 | #1,197 |
| 1950 | 23,813 | #15 | 43 | #1,398 |
| 1949 | 23,588 | #15 | 62 | #1,158 |
| 1948 | 23,553 | #15 | 60 | #1,164 |
| 1947 | 24,584 | #15 | 54 | #1,232 |
| 1946 | 22,039 | #15 | 54 | #1,172 |
| 1945 | 18,098 | #16 | 46 | #1,164 |
| 1944 | 18,093 | #16 | 49 | #1,123 |
| 1943 | 19,112 | #15 | 53 | #1,108 |
| 1942 | 18,210 | #15 | 60 | #1,014 |
| 1941 | 16,143 | #15 | 30 | #1,431 |
| 1940 | 15,131 | #15 | 54 | #975 |
| 1939 | 14,715 | #13 | 44 | #1,083 |
| 1938 | 14,399 | #14 | 51 | #999 |
| 1937 | 13,218 | #14 | 36 | #1,212 |
| 1936 | 12,486 | #14 | 34 | #1,238 |
| 1935 | 12,066 | #15 | 41 | #1,092 |
| 1934 | 11,801 | #15 | 48 | #998 |
| 1933 | 11,410 | #15 | 49 | #992 |
| 1932 | 11,742 | #14 | 59 | #920 |
| 1931 | 11,568 | #14 | 74 | #789 |
| 1930 | 11,704 | #17 | 86 | #756 |
| 1929 | 10,841 | #18 | 89 | #744 |
| 1928 | 11,167 | #17 | 77 | #823 |
| 1927 | 10,848 | #18 | 80 | #819 |
| 1926 | 10,342 | #18 | 71 | #884 |
| 1925 | 10,146 | #19 | 50 | #1,081 |
| 1924 | 10,355 | #19 | 46 | #1,158 |
| 1923 | 9,734 | #21 | 53 | #1,042 |
| 1922 | 9,258 | #21 | 42 | #1,197 |
| 1921 | 8,959 | #22 | 34 | #1,388 |
| 1920 | 7,840 | #23 | 36 | #1,296 |
| 1919 | 6,796 | #26 | 31 | #1,408 |
| 1918 | 6,809 | #27 | 43 | #1,140 |
| 1917 | 6,141 | #27 | 28 | #1,418 |
| 1916 | 6,012 | #27 | 30 | #1,345 |
| 1915 | 5,681 | #28 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1914 | 4,178 | #30 | 21 | #1,409 |
| 1913 | 3,065 | #33 | 15 | #1,566 |
| 1912 | 2,538 | #33 | 11 | #1,779 |
| 1911 | 1,148 | #40 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 880 | #43 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 746 | #41 | 6 | #2,087 |
| 1908 | 692 | #40 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 589 | #47 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 534 | #45 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 474 | #53 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 414 | #57 | 6 | #1,769 |
| 1903 | 330 | #67 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 275 | #78 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 246 | #78 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 279 | #90 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 214 | #87 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 191 | #100 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 164 | #105 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 175 | #106 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 127 | #131 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 105 | #145 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 83 | #174 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 102 | #157 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 65 | #193 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 72 | #189 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 66 | #199 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 45 | #267 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 35 | #273 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 38 | #278 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 41 | #261 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 29 | #329 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 26 | #328 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 22 | #383 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 29 | #300 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 32 | #297 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Kenneth reached #13 in 1939. As a girl name, it reached #744 in 1929. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Kenneth
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.