Kenan Boy
How popular is Kenan?
#1,145 boy name in 2025
184 baby boys were named Kenan in the US in 2025, making it the 1145th most popular boy name.
Kenan popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,145 for boys (▼ 12 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 184 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+96% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,668 in 2015, #1,325 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (187 boys) |
| Highest rank | #964 in 1997 |
| First recorded | 1947 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kenan counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kenan family of names ranked #954 for boys in 2025 (#917 the year before), with 212 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kenan is most popular
Babies named Kenan per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.4 per 1,000 (81 boys)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (101 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (50 boys)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 boys)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
Kenan by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 10 | #3,689 |
| 1950s | 52 | #2,374 |
| 1960s | 107 | #1,805 |
| 1970s | 258 | #1,367 |
| 1980s | 350 | #1,569 |
| 1990s | 770 | #964 |
| 2000s | 1,045 | #1,208 |
| 2010s | 1,104 | #1,157 |
| 2020s | 949 | #1,133 |
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Questions
- Is Kenan a boy or girl name?
- Kenan is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kenan were boys.
- How popular is the name Kenan?
- 184 baby boys were named Kenan in the US in 2025, making it the 1145th most popular boy name.
- When was Kenan most popular?
- Kenan peaked in 2024, when 187 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #964 in 1997.
- How many people are named Kenan?
- 4,675 babies have been named Kenan in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,549 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Kenan most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kenan was most common in Michigan, at 0.4 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.