Kenneth

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Kenneth first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 36 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1952 with 548 babies (rank #16 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kenneth

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kenneth yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
22PersonalityThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

8,773

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

548

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Kenneth

Kenneth Kaundafreedom fighter · b. 1924
Kenneth Arrowstatistician · b. 1921
Kenneth G. Wilsontheoretical physicist · b. 1936
Kenneth Branaghfilm actor · b. 1960
Kenneth MacAlpinmonarch · b. 810

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Other boys' names starting with K

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	548	#16
1953	534	#19
1954	459	#23
1955	463	#21
1956	402	#27
1957	376	#29
1958	365	#27
1959	324	#35
1960	518	#31
1961	506	#30
1962	475	#31
1963	425	#35
1964	408	#33
1965	306	#40
1966	298	#45
1967	250	#53
1968	223	#62
1969	253	#55
1970	225	#61
1971	218	#66
1972	193	#69
1973	164	#77
1974	133	#89
1975	135	#83
1976	122	#89
1977	125	#88
1978	41	#104
1979	48	#104
1980	50	#105
1981	40	#110
1982	57	#104
1983	42	#112
1986	40	#110
2015	2	#641
2016	4	#363
2017	1	#1,591