NameTides

Kenan

Kenan was the #1,145 boys' name in the US in 2025 (184 babies), and #1,276 in England & Wales and #713 in Canada.

Kenan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kenan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kenan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,145 (184)#1,276 (22)——#713 (38)
2024#1,133 (187)#857 (37)#727 (3)#785 (3)#613 (44)
2023#1,328 (143)#1,071 (27)——#724 (35)
2022#1,191 (168)#901 (34)——#833 (30)
2021#1,383 (132)#1,184 (23)——#910 (26)
2020#1,325 (135)#1,051 (26)—#741 (3)#1,129 (19)
2019#1,157 (168)#1,369 (18)——#941 (24)
2018#1,335 (135)#1,061 (26)——#1,056 (20)
2017#1,623 (98)#1,470 (17)——#810 (30)
2016#1,556 (106)#1,363 (19)——#892 (26)
2015#1,668 (94)#1,327 (19)——#1,122 (18)
2014#1,473 (110)#959 (30)——#854 (27)
2013#1,915 (73)#1,086 (24)——#809 (29)
2012#1,545 (103)#1,086 (25)——#1,403 (13)
2011#1,319 (129)#1,342 (18)——#869 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,133.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1947.
  • In 2010, 5% of US babies named Kenan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kenan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,800 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kenan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #679MINew York: #745NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,040TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: #1,831FL
Kenan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5707
Ontario2024#71916

Kenan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KenanCanadaBoys#71338
KenanEngland & WalesBoys#1,27622
KenanIrelandBoys—too few
KenanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KenanScotlandBoys—too few
KenanUSGirls—too few
KenanUSBoys#1,145184