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Kenneth

Pronounced /ˈkɛn.əθ/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1964 · #936
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Also recorded for boys:1,186 in 2024 (#284)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Kenneth in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1964 with 127 babies, ranked #936.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1904.
  • 5,338 girls have been named Kenneth since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Kenneth per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 627 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 980 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,459 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,351 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 806 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 103 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 12 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Anglicized form of two Goidelic names, Old Irish Cináed, the name of Scottish kings derived from Pictish *ᚉᚔᚅᚔᚑᚇ (Ciniod), and the saint's name Cainnech (literally “handsome”) (modern Scottish Gaelic Coinneach), as in the surname Mackenzie.

  • A male given name from Scottish Gaelic, originally used in Scotland, popular in all English-speaking countries in the 20th century.
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
/ˈkɛn.əθ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Kenneth, CC BY-SA 4.0.