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How popular is “Kenneth” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kenneth” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kenneth” 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 “Kenneth” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kenneth” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kenneth” 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
1880 32 0.000158822 32 -100%
1881 29 0.000150502 29 -100%
1882 22 0.000099308 22 -100%
1883 26 0.000119845 26 -100%
1884 29 0.000119116 29 -100%
1885 41 0.000170228 41 -100%
1886 38 0.000148835 38 -100%
1887 35 0.000141476 35 -100%
1888 45 0.000150263 45 -100%
1889 66 0.000228416 66 -100%
1890 72 0.000238884 72 -100%
1891 65 0.000226739 65 -100%
1892 102 0.000305048 102 -100%
1893 83 0.00025521 83 -100%
1894 105 0.000310018 105 -100%
1895 127 0.000361803 127 -100%
1896 175 0.000489532 175 -100%
1897 164 0.000472681 164 -100%
1898 191 0.000500714 191 -100%
1899 214 0.000630833 214 -100%
1900 279 0.000619645 279 -100%
1901 246 0.000711369 246 -100%
1902 275 0.000711085 275 -100%
1903 330 0.000865687 330 -100%
1904 420 0.001040931 6 414 -97%
1905 474 0.00111813 474 -100%
1906 534 0.00124635 534 -100%
1907 589 0.001265605 589 -100%
1908 692 0.001416149 692 -100%
1909 752 0.001470979 6 746 -98%
1910 880 0.00148973 880 -100%
1911 1148 0.00178184 1148 -100%
1912 2549 0.002579798 11 2538 -99%
1913 3080 0.002708621 15 3065 -99%
1914 4199 0.002964675 21 4178 -99%
1915 5705 0.003113359 24 5681 -99%
1916 6042 0.003123422 30 6012 -99%
1917 6169 0.003074125 28 6141 -99%
1918 6852 0.003155988 43 6809 -99%
1919 6827 0.003235169 31 6796 -99%
1920 7876 0.003480885 36 7840 -99%
1921 8993 0.003852209 34 8959 -99%
1922 9300 0.004062633 42 9258 -99%
1923 9787 0.004250632 53 9734 -99%
1924 10401 0.004367214 46 10355 -99%
1925 10196 0.004369773 50 10146 -99%
1926 10413 0.004535466 71 10342 -99%
1927 10928 0.004711648 80 10848 -99%
1928 11244 0.004973157 77 11167 -99%
1929 10930 0.004985948 89 10841 -98%
1930 11790 0.005302957 86 11704 -99%
1931 11642 0.00553225 74 11568 -99%
1932 11801 0.005589471 59 11742 -99%
1933 11459 0.005731085 49 11410 -99%
1934 11849 0.005705368 48 11801 -99%
1935 12107 0.0057931 41 12066 -99%
1936 12520 0.006026248 34 12486 -99%
1937 13254 0.006220579 36 13218 -99%
1938 14450 0.006530855 51 14399 -99%
1939 14759 0.006698157 44 14715 -99%
1940 15185 0.006594475 54 15131 -99%
1941 16173 0.006638004 30 16143 -100%
1942 18270 0.006687854 60 18210 -99%
1943 19165 0.006789938 53 19112 -99%
1944 18142 0.00674404 49 18093 -99%
1945 18144 0.006839282 46 18098 -99%
1946 22093 0.006914203 54 22039 -100%
1947 24638 0.006839477 54 24584 -100%
1948 23613 0.006839356 60 23553 -99%
1949 23650 0.006786663 62 23588 -99%
1950 23856 0.006809467 43 23813 -100%
1951 25904 0.007031986 61 25843 -100%
1952 25973 0.00683859 63 25910 -100%
1953 25560 0.006632683 53 25507 -100%
1954 26245 0.006593048 60 26185 -100%
1955 26814 0.006678323 70 26744 -99%
1956 27505 0.006671053 72 27433 -99%
1957 28141 0.006696821 81 28060 -99%
1958 26789 0.006480315 103 26686 -99%
1959 26751 0.006433634 110 26641 -99%
1960 27784 0.006688791 93 27691 -99%
1961 26181 0.0063204 80 26101 -99%
1962 25359 0.006284179 119 25240 -99%
1963 25320 0.006396847 94 25226 -99%
1964 24984 0.006426579 127 24857 -99%
1965 22788 0.006285566 111 22677 -99%
1966 20938 0.006024188 104 20834 -99%
1967 19357 0.005701793 97 19260 -99%
1968 18172 0.005378857 94 18078 -99%
1969 17656 0.005080391 106 17550 -99%
1970 16909 0.004688461 106 16803 -99%
1971 14835 0.004322106 73 14762 -99%
1972 12411 0.003948783 78 12333 -99%
1973 11076 0.003671334 95 10981 -98%
1974 10209 0.003358225 63 10146 -99%
1975 9695 0.003210909 62 9633 -99%
1976 9203 0.00303299 75 9128 -98%
1977 9526 0.002998904 73 9453 -98%
1978 9087 0.002863066 66 9021 -99%
1979 9304 0.002796513 67 9237 -99%
1980 9691 0.002813466 81 9610 -98%
1981 9558 0.002762927 85 9473 -98%
1982 9423 0.002686175 67 9356 -99%
1983 9045 0.002611642 80 8965 -98%
1984 8877 0.002544461 86 8791 -98%
1985 9054 0.002536767 60 8994 -99%
1986 8543 0.00240169 90 8453 -98%
1987 8432 0.002338575 78 8354 -98%
1988 8636 0.002337185 69 8567 -98%
1989 8590 0.002234392 35 8555 -99%
1990 8301 0.002100202 39 8262 -99%
1991 7602 0.0019516 26 7576 -99%
1992 6755 0.001758532 22 6733 -99%
1993 6304 0.001672025 27 6277 -99%
1994 5695 0.00153188 16 5679 -99%
1995 5241 0.001431125 15 5226 -99%
1996 4984 0.00136653 11 4973 -100%
1997 4674 0.001289113 15 4659 -99%
1998 4595 0.00124925 9 4586 -100%
1999 4294 0.001162467 9 4285 -100%
2000 4158 0.001100028 6 4152 -100%
2001 3913 0.001045309 6 3907 -100%
2002 3665 0.000980395 3665 -100%
2003 3652 0.000960467 9 3643 -100%
2004 3442 0.000900829 17 3425 -99%
2005 3375 0.000877799 7 3368 -100%
2006 3252 0.000822003 9 3243 -99%
2007 3113 0.000778701 5 3108 -100%
2008 2973 0.000756361 6 2967 -100%
2009 2612 0.000683738 2612 -100%
2010 2432 0.000658055 5 2427 -100%
2011 2217 0.000606103 2217 -100%
2012 2224 0.000608088 2224 -100%
2013 2176 0.000596873 2176 -100%
2014 2153 0.000580891 2153 -100%
2015 2031 0.000548784 2031 -100%
2016 1924 0.000524437 5 1919 -99%
2017 1765 0.000493541 1765 -100%
2018 1671 0.00047527 1671 -100%
2019 1629 0.000469326 7 1622 -99%
2020 1482 0.000443636 1482 -100%
2021 1373 0.00040526 1373 -100%
2022 1310 0.000387215 1310 -100%
2023 1318 0.000398043 1318 -100%
2024 1186 0.000356317 1186 -100%

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