boys:
506 births since 1932
#4080 (11th percentile)
overall:
506 births since 1932
#7233 (7th percentile)
The name Kenner is the #7,233 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 506 recorded births since 1932. This represents the 6.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,080 (11.0% percentile) for all time with 506 births since 1932.
Kenner first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1932 (first recorded for boys in 1932). Birth data for Kenner is available in 38 out of the 92 years between 1932 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Kenner reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #879) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kenner ranks #895 for boys (1.8% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 75.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenner".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kenner is pronounced as KEH-ner, which has 2 syllables.
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