Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Kenneth

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Kenneth
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 95.8% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

28,060

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

95.8%

2024

1,186

All-time

1,282,809

Kenneth once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 28,060 boys were named Kenneth.

In 2024, only 1,186 boys were given the name.

Down 95.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,282,809 Americans have been named Kenneth and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 95.8% from peak

195728,060 boys named Kenneth

20241,186 boys named Kenneth

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