Kenneth

girls:

5.3k births since 1904

#2300 (60th percentile)

boys:

1.3M births since 1880

#22 (100th percentile)

overall:

1.3M births since 1880

#28 (100th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenneth".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
5,338
Peak Births
127
Peak Year
1964
First Recorded
1904
Peak Percentile
15.6%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#348
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
1,281,581
Peak Births
28,057
Peak Year
1958
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
98.0%
Current Percentile
72.2%
Peak Rank
#13
Current Rank
#254
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Kenneth

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kenneth. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 60.9% confident that Kenneth is pronounced as KEH-nihth. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-nuhth, at 39.1% confidence.

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60.9%
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39.1%
KEH-nihth (2 syllables)
Verified
60.9% confidence
K EH1 N IH0 TH
KEH-nuhth (2 syllables)
39.1% confidence
K EH1 N AH0 TH

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Kenneth. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Kenneth, please vote using the thumbs up button.

KEH-neeth (2 syllables)
4 names 11.2k births
K EH1 N IY0 TH
kehnth (1 syllable)
1 name 2k births
K EH1 N TH

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K EH1 N IH0 TH) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.