Kennon
Kennon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 16 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 160.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200433 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1917
- 1,781people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,781 boys have been named Kennon in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 33 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1990s alone account for 13%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kennon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 9 | |
| 1920s | 61 | |
| 1930s | 60 | |
| 1940s | 103 | |
| 1950s | 165 | |
| 1960s | 207 | |
| 1970s | 234 | |
| 1980s | 228 | |
| 1990s | 235 | |
| 2000s | 226 | |
| 2010s | 175 | |
| 2020s | 78 |
In 2004, its biggest year
Kennon was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.
Names that rose and fell with Kennon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tinopeak 1972
- Reynaldopeak 1991
- Raulpeak 2000
- Homeropeak 1994
- Roquepeak 2004
- Sixtopeak 1994
- Arnoldopeak 1992
- Eladiopeak 1981
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.