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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kenan” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kenan” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kenan” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kenan” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kenan” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kenan” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kenan” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kenan” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1947 5 0.000001388 5 -100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 -100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 -100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 -100%
1955 10 0.000002491 10 -100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 -100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1961 14 0.00000338 14 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 19 0.000005241 19 -100%
1966 14 0.000004028 14 -100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 -100%
1968 5 0.00000148 5 -100%
1969 12 0.000003453 12 -100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 -100%
1971 9 0.000002622 9 -100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 -100%
1973 15 0.000004972 15 -100%
1974 28 0.000009211 28 -100%
1975 29 0.000009605 29 -100%
1976 31 0.000010217 31 -100%
1977 44 0.000013852 44 -100%
1978 43 0.000013548 43 -100%
1979 39 0.000011722 39 -100%
1980 38 0.000011032 38 -100%
1981 35 0.000010117 35 -100%
1982 36 0.000010262 36 -100%
1983 33 0.000009528 33 -100%
1984 38 0.000010892 38 -100%
1985 39 0.000010927 5 34 -74%
1986 40 0.000011245 40 -100%
1987 36 0.000009984 36 -100%
1988 35 0.000009472 35 -100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 -100%
1990 41 0.000010373 41 -100%
1991 46 0.000011809 9 37 -61%
1992 70 0.000018223 70 -100%
1993 51 0.000013527 51 -100%
1994 56 0.000015063 56 -100%
1995 82 0.000022391 82 -100%
1996 79 0.00002166 79 -100%
1997 136 0.000037509 136 -100%
1998 103 0.000028003 103 -100%
1999 115 0.000031133 115 -100%
2000 106 0.000028043 106 -100%
2001 98 0.000026179 98 -100%
2002 119 0.000031833 5 114 -92%
2003 98 0.000025774 98 -100%
2004 94 0.000024601 94 -100%
2005 107 0.000027829 107 -100%
2006 104 0.000026288 104 -100%
2007 110 0.000027516 6 104 -89%
2008 121 0.000030784 121 -100%
2009 99 0.000025915 99 -100%
2010 93 0.000025164 5 88 -89%
2011 129 0.000035267 129 -100%
2012 103 0.000028162 103 -100%
2013 73 0.000020024 73 -100%
2014 110 0.000029679 110 -100%
2015 94 0.000025399 94 -100%
2016 106 0.000028893 106 -100%
2017 98 0.000027403 98 -100%
2018 135 0.000038397 135 -100%
2019 168 0.000048402 168 -100%
2020 134 0.000040113 134 -100%
2021 132 0.000038962 132 -100%
2022 168 0.000049658 168 -100%
2023 143 0.000043187 143 -100%
2024 187 0.000056181 187 -100%

Explore other names

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  1. Kenah
  2. Kenai
  3. Kenaja
  4. Kenajah
  5. Kenalee
  6. Kenan (this page)
  7. Kenaniah
  8. Kenara
  9. Kenard
  10. Kenari
  11. Kenaria