Kennis is a rare variant of Kenzie that peaked in 1961 and has since faded.
Kennis is predominantly a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Kennis was first reported in SSA data in 1917 and peaked in 1961 (16 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,696 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | #14,705 | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,233 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | #17,846 | #11,443 |
| 2014 | 13 | 13 | #13,834 | #11,468 |
| 2013 | 7 | 7 | #13,919 | — |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,289 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | #12,776 | — |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,264 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | — | #13,546 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,509 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #19,092 | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | #14,364 | — |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | #9,173 | — |
| 2004 | 12 | 12 | #13,479 | #12,354 |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 | #17,089 | #8,257 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,085 |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | #12,757 | #8,793 |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,752 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | — | #9,343 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | — | #10,505 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | — | #8,745 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | — | #9,595 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | — | #6,560 |
| 1992 | 8 | — | — | #6,415 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | — | #4,130 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | — | #6,599 |
| 1988 | 13 | — | — | #3,801 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | — | #7,294 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | — | #6,180 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | — | #4,329 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | — | #6,884 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | — | #4,752 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | — | #3,349 |
| 1979 | 10 | — | — | #3,949 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | — | #5,445 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | — | #5,505 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | — | #3,611 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | — | #4,131 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | — | #4,404 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | — | #4,821 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | — | #2,898 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | — | #3,177 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | — | #3,199 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | — | #3,246 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | — | #2,876 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | — | #3,386 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | — | #3,119 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | — | #2,602 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | — | #3,500 |
| 1962 | 12 | — | — | #2,450 |
| 1961 | 16 | — | — | #2,106 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | — | #3,215 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | — | #3,437 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | — | #2,318 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | — | #2,741 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | — | #2,567 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | — | #2,676 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | — | #2,441 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | — | #2,954 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | — | #3,187 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | — | #3,520 |
| 1948 | 9 | — | — | #2,700 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | — | #3,779 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | — | #3,164 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | — | #3,289 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | — | #3,398 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | — | #3,008 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | — | #2,767 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | — | #3,358 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | — | #3,800 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | — | #3,028 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | — | #3,117 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,492 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | — | #4,062 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | — | #3,310 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | — | #4,559 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | — | #3,404 |