Kenneth remains a common boys' name (#294 in 2025), down from a peak of #13 in 1939.
Kenneth is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #294 for boy births in the United States (and #580 across all names), given to 1,148 babies. Kenneth was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1957 (28,064 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,148 | 1,148 | — | #294 |
| 2024 | 1,190 | 1,190 | — | #284 |
| 2023 | 1,321 | 1,321 | — | #262 |
| 2022 | 1,312 | 1,320 | — | #263 |
| 2021 | 1,373 | 1,379 | — | #258 |
| 2020 | 1,483 | 1,491 | — | #243 |
| 2019 | 1,630 | 1,640 | #13,132 | #233 |
| 2018 | 1,671 | 1,681 | — | #225 |
| 2017 | 1,766 | 1,783 | — | #217 |
| 2016 | 1,926 | 1,953 | #17,606 | #208 |
| 2015 | 2,033 | 2,078 | — | #198 |
| 2014 | 2,153 | 2,194 | — | #191 |
| 2013 | 2,177 | 2,218 | — | #187 |
| 2012 | 2,224 | 2,262 | — | #175 |
| 2011 | 2,217 | 2,290 | — | #170 |
| 2010 | 2,433 | 2,488 | #18,472 | #160 |
| 2009 | 2,612 | 2,673 | — | #151 |
| 2008 | 2,973 | 3,050 | #16,471 | #137 |
| 2007 | 3,113 | 3,218 | #19,091 | #135 |
| 2006 | 3,252 | 3,369 | #11,943 | #129 |
| 2005 | 3,375 | 3,481 | #13,756 | #122 |
| 2004 | 3,442 | 3,595 | #6,943 | #119 |
| 2003 | 3,652 | 3,828 | #10,872 | #111 |
| 2002 | 3,665 | 3,823 | — | #104 |
| 2001 | 3,913 | 4,099 | #14,457 | #97 |
| 2000 | 4,158 | 4,366 | #14,067 | #94 |
| 1999 | 4,294 | 4,528 | #9,915 | #89 |
| 1998 | 4,595 | 4,817 | #9,710 | #87 |
| 1997 | 4,674 | — | #6,334 | #83 |
| 1996 | 4,984 | — | #7,853 | #77 |
| 1995 | 5,241 | — | #6,114 | #72 |
| 1994 | 5,695 | — | #5,856 | #65 |
| 1993 | 6,303 | — | #3,930 | #60 |
| 1992 | 6,754 | — | #4,612 | #59 |
| 1991 | 7,602 | — | #3,993 | #54 |
| 1990 | 8,301 | — | #2,928 | #52 |
| 1989 | 8,590 | — | #3,074 | #53 |
| 1988 | 8,636 | — | #1,811 | #51 |
| 1987 | 8,432 | — | #1,600 | #53 |
| 1986 | 8,543 | — | #1,429 | #50 |
| 1985 | 9,052 | — | #1,872 | #47 |
| 1984 | 8,876 | — | #1,378 | #46 |
| 1983 | 9,045 | — | #1,458 | #45 |
| 1982 | 9,421 | — | #1,690 | #45 |
| 1981 | 9,557 | — | #1,438 | #41 |
| 1980 | 9,689 | — | #1,487 | #41 |
| 1979 | 9,303 | — | #1,669 | #41 |
| 1978 | 9,087 | — | #1,620 | #41 |
| 1977 | 9,525 | — | #1,507 | #39 |
| 1976 | 9,202 | — | #1,413 | #38 |
| 1975 | 9,696 | — | #1,596 | #35 |
| 1974 | 10,206 | — | #1,541 | #34 |
| 1973 | 11,074 | — | #1,155 | #28 |
| 1972 | 12,412 | — | #1,304 | #27 |
| 1971 | 14,836 | — | #1,434 | #25 |
| 1970 | 16,906 | — | #1,111 | #25 |
| 1969 | 17,659 | — | #1,070 | #23 |
| 1968 | 18,171 | — | #1,103 | #23 |
| 1967 | 19,360 | — | #1,049 | #22 |
| 1966 | 20,938 | — | #1,013 | #21 |
| 1965 | 22,788 | — | #986 | #21 |
| 1964 | 24,977 | — | #935 | #18 |
| 1963 | 25,329 | — | #1,131 | #18 |
| 1962 | 25,360 | — | #981 | #18 |
| 1961 | 26,180 | — | #1,238 | #16 |
| 1960 | 27,794 | — | #1,128 | #16 |
| 1959 | 26,750 | — | #1,007 | #15 |
| 1958 | 26,787 | — | #1,032 | #14 |
| 1957 | 28,145 | — | #1,174 | #14 |
| 1956 | 27,504 | — | #1,230 | #16 |
| 1955 | 26,813 | — | #1,200 | #15 |
| 1954 | 26,246 | — | #1,282 | #17 |
| 1953 | 25,560 | — | #1,338 | #17 |
| 1952 | 25,972 | — | #1,202 | #16 |
| 1951 | 25,902 | — | #1,197 | #16 |
| 1950 | 23,856 | — | #1,398 | #15 |
| 1949 | 23,651 | — | #1,159 | #15 |
| 1948 | 23,610 | — | #1,164 | #15 |
| 1947 | 24,640 | — | #1,232 | #15 |
| 1946 | 22,096 | — | #1,172 | #15 |
| 1945 | 18,142 | — | #1,164 | #16 |
| 1944 | 18,142 | — | #1,123 | #16 |
| 1943 | 19,165 | — | #1,108 | #15 |
| 1942 | 18,270 | — | #1,014 | #15 |
| 1941 | 16,173 | — | #1,431 | #15 |
| 1940 | 15,186 | — | #975 | #15 |
| 1939 | 14,759 | — | #1,083 | #13 |
| 1938 | 14,450 | — | #999 | #14 |
| 1937 | 13,255 | — | #1,212 | #14 |
| 1936 | 12,520 | — | #1,238 | #14 |
| 1935 | 12,108 | — | #1,092 | #15 |
| 1934 | 11,848 | — | #998 | #15 |
| 1933 | 11,459 | — | #992 | #15 |
| 1932 | 11,801 | — | #920 | #14 |
| 1931 | 11,642 | — | #789 | #14 |
| 1930 | 11,791 | — | #756 | #17 |
| 1929 | 10,930 | — | #744 | #18 |
| 1928 | 11,244 | — | #823 | #17 |
| 1927 | 10,928 | — | #819 | #18 |
| 1926 | 10,413 | — | #884 | #18 |
| 1925 | 10,196 | — | #1,081 | #19 |
| 1924 | 10,401 | — | #1,158 | #19 |
| 1923 | 9,787 | — | #1,042 | #21 |
| 1922 | 9,300 | — | #1,197 | #21 |
| 1921 | 8,993 | — | #1,388 | #22 |
| 1920 | 7,876 | — | #1,296 | #23 |
| 1919 | 6,827 | — | #1,408 | #26 |
| 1918 | 6,852 | — | #1,140 | #27 |
| 1917 | 6,169 | — | #1,418 | #27 |
| 1916 | 6,042 | — | #1,345 | #27 |
| 1915 | 5,705 | — | #1,498 | #28 |
| 1914 | 4,199 | — | #1,409 | #30 |
| 1913 | 3,080 | — | #1,566 | #33 |
| 1912 | 2,549 | — | #1,779 | #33 |
| 1911 | 1,148 | — | — | #40 |
| 1910 | 880 | — | — | #43 |
| 1909 | 752 | — | #2,087 | #41 |
| 1908 | 692 | — | — | #40 |
| 1907 | 589 | — | — | #47 |
| 1906 | 534 | — | — | #45 |
| 1905 | 474 | — | — | #53 |
| 1904 | 420 | — | #1,769 | #57 |
| 1903 | 330 | — | — | #67 |
| 1902 | 275 | — | — | #78 |
| 1901 | 246 | — | — | #78 |
| 1900 | 279 | — | — | #90 |
| 1899 | 214 | — | — | #87 |
| 1898 | 191 | — | — | #100 |
| 1897 | 164 | — | — | #105 |
| 1896 | 175 | — | — | #106 |
| 1895 | 127 | — | — | #131 |
| 1894 | 105 | — | — | #145 |
| 1893 | 83 | — | — | #174 |
| 1892 | 102 | — | — | #157 |
| 1891 | 65 | — | — | #193 |
| 1890 | 72 | — | — | #189 |
| 1889 | 66 | — | — | #199 |
| 1888 | 45 | — | — | #267 |
| 1887 | 35 | — | — | #273 |
| 1886 | 38 | — | — | #278 |
| 1885 | 41 | — | — | #261 |
| 1884 | 28 | — | — | #333 |
| 1883 | 26 | — | — | #328 |
| 1882 | 22 | — | — | #383 |
| 1881 | 29 | — | — | #300 |
| 1880 | 32 | — | — | #297 |