Kenneth Boy Name

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The name Kenneth is of Scottish Gaelic origin, and means handsome. The table below indicates the number of times the name Kenneth has been given to baby boys in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Kenneth**
Use of the Name Kenneth for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
1,239,120	640,101	165,915	42,371	18,668	6,988	3,369

The table below indicates the number of times the name Kenneth has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Kenneth**
	Used as a Boy Name		Used as a Girl Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1880	297	32
1881	300	29
1882	375	23
1883	328	26
1884	329	29
1885	261	41
1886	270	40
1887	273	35
1888	267	45
1889	199	66
1890	189	72
1891	190	66
1892	157	102
1893	174	83
1894	144	106
1895	131	127
1896	106	175
1897	105	164
1898	100	192
1899	87	215
1900	90	282
1901	78	246
1902	78	275
1903	67	330
1904	57	414
1905	52	475
1906	45	534
1907	47	589
1908	40	692
1909	41	744
1910	43	875
1911	40	1,148
1912	33	2,533
1913	33	3,064
1914	30	4,171
1915	28	5,685
1916	27	6,011
1917	27	6,135
1918	27	6,833
1919	26	6,806
1920	23	7,843
1921	22	8,962
1922	21	9,260
1923	21	9,724
1924	19	10,358
1925	19	10,120
1926	18	10,343	876	72
1927	18	10,841	822	79
1928	17	11,154	812	79
1929	18	10,805	748	88
1930	16	11,692	761	85
1931	14	11,541	788	74
1932	14	11,747	928	58
1933	15	11,400	991	49
1934	15	11,778	996	48
1935	15	12,044
1936	14	12,484
1937	14	13,209
1938	14	14,383
1939	13	14,725
1940	15	15,118	974	54
1941	15	16,097
1942	15	18,227
1943	15	19,040
1944	16	18,013
1945	16	18,052
1946	15	21,988
1947	15	24,475
1948	15	23,509
1949	15	23,516
1950	15	23,803
1951	16	25,769
1952	16	25,885
1953	16	25,458
1954	17	26,146
1955	15	26,696
1956	16	27,388
1957	14	28,011
1958	14	26,613
1959	15	26,640
1960	16	27,667
1961	16	26,055
1962	18	25,219	989	118
1963	18	25,221
1964	18	24,840	941	126
1965	21	22,678	993	109
1966	21	20,812
1967	22	19,269
1968	23	18,087
1969	23	17,557
1970	25	16,795
1971	25	14,744
1972	27	12,332
1973	28	10,975
1974	34	10,149
1975	35	9,620
1976	38	9,128
1977	39	9,456
1978	41	9,006
1979	41	9,228
1980	41	9,596
1981	41	9,473
1982	45	9,332
1983	45	8,960
1984	46	8,788
1985	47	8,985
1986	50	8,443
1987	53	8,346
1988	51	8,557
1989	53	8,557
1990	52	8,258
1991	54	7,572
1992	59	6,733
1993	60	6,268
1994	65	5,676
1995	72	5,228
1996	77	4,968
1997	83	4,650
1998	86	4,583
1999	89	4,274
2000	94	4,135
2001	97	3,897
2002	104	3,648
2003	111	3,619
2004	121	3,369
Totals:		1,239,120		1,039

During the last 125 years, parents have used Kenneth as a boy's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a girl's name.

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