Kenan
Kenan is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 187 births. Its best rank was 970th, in 1997.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1870.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2024187 births
- Best rank
- #970in 1997
- Since 1947
- 4,460people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,460 boys have been named Kenan in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 187 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 25%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2024, its biggest year
Kenan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Kenan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tahirpeak 2023
- Arenpeak 2024
- Alexeipeak 2021
- Keonipeak 2013
- Nicodemuspeak 2022
- Menachempeak 2014
- Alipeak 2022
- Adnanpeak 2023
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.