boys:
939 births since 1946
#3652 (20th percentile)
overall:
939 births since 1946
#6800 (12th percentile)
The name Kenric is the #6,800 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 939 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 12.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,652 (20.3% percentile) for all time with 939 births since 1946.
Kenric first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (first recorded for boys in 1946). Birth data for Kenric is available in 68 out of the 78 years between 1946 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, Kenric reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 8.6% percentile (ranked #600) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 37 births per million (ranked 8.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kenric ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 19.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenric".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kenric is pronounced as KEH-nrihk, which has 2 syllables.
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