Kennan is a rare variant of Keenan that peaked in 2000 and has grown less common since.
Kennan is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #6,648 for boy births in the United States (and #13,941 across all names), given to 13 babies. Kennan first appears in 1952 and peaked in 2004 (41 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,648 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,338 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,084 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,042 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,528 |
| 2020 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,365 |
| 2019 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,059 |
| 2018 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,018 |
| 2017 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,504 |
| 2016 | 22 | 22 | #17,605 | #5,439 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,410 |
| 2014 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,626 |
| 2013 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,545 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,320 |
| 2011 | 26 | 26 | — | #3,952 |
| 2010 | 27 | 27 | — | #3,861 |
| 2009 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,511 |
| 2008 | 32 | 32 | #19,050 | #3,880 |
| 2007 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,162 |
| 2006 | 25 | 25 | — | #3,948 |
| 2005 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,495 |
| 2004 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,622 |
| 2003 | 34 | 34 | — | #2,888 |
| 2002 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,915 |
| 2001 | 32 | 32 | — | #2,901 |
| 2000 | 46 | 46 | #8,877 | #2,653 |
| 1999 | 29 | 29 | — | #2,904 |
| 1998 | 41 | 41 | #10,622 | #2,580 |
| 1997 | 33 | — | #11,443 | #2,943 |
| 1996 | 35 | — | #14,630 | #2,570 |
| 1995 | 21 | — | — | #3,258 |
| 1994 | 21 | — | — | #3,281 |
| 1993 | 28 | — | — | #2,618 |
| 1992 | 34 | — | #12,520 | #2,574 |
| 1991 | 25 | — | — | #2,719 |
| 1990 | 20 | — | — | #3,121 |
| 1989 | 26 | — | — | #2,516 |
| 1988 | 21 | — | #11,039 | #3,444 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | — | #2,895 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | — | #3,553 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | — | #3,702 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | — | #3,576 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | — | #4,328 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | — | #3,819 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | — | #4,751 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | — | #3,516 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | — | #5,736 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | — | #3,730 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | — | #4,880 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | — | #2,943 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | — | #4,216 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | — | #2,801 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #4,175 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | — | #2,255 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | — | #3,778 |
| 1966 | 12 | — | — | #2,398 |
| 1965 | 11 | — | — | #2,550 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | — | #2,966 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | — | #2,608 |
| 1962 | 14 | — | — | #2,238 |
| 1961 | 16 | — | — | #2,105 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | — | #2,378 |
| 1959 | 16 | — | — | #2,074 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | — | #3,425 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | — | #2,740 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | — | #3,087 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | — | #2,498 |
| 1954 | 11 | — | — | #2,533 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | — | #3,619 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | — | #2,982 |