first name
KENAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,949 people named Kenan, 64.4% reported their origin as White, 21.3% as Black and 5.2% as two or more races. 96.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kenan peaked in 2024, when 187 babies got the name.
At least 4,675 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Kenan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,613. The largest share of babies named Kenan, 37.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Kenan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kenan has been most common in North Carolina (5×), Florida (2.2×), and Georgia (1.9×), and least common in Ohio (0.59×).
2,198 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Kenan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kenan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kenan ranks #32,304 of 156,621, with 764 people. See Kenan as a last name
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