Kennard
Kennard is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195455 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1906
- 2,703people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,703 boys have been named Kennard in the United States since 1906, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 55 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 55 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1950s alone account for 14%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kennard | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 125 | |
| 1920s | 188 | |
| 1930s | 281 | |
| 1940s | 267 | |
| 1950s | 385 | |
| 1960s | 340 | |
| 1970s | 246 | |
| 1980s | 348 | |
| 1990s | 248 | |
| 2000s | 153 | |
| 2010s | 105 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
In 1954, its biggest year
Kennard was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1954 were Michael, Robert, James, John and David. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Kennard
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nielpeak 1958
- Doranpeak 1954
- Lennardpeak 1949
- Nilspeak 1970
- Sheldonpeak 1992
- Neillpeak 1950
- Kenithpeak 1963
- Candelariopeak 1929
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.