Kenneth
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Kenneth
Kenneth may have lost much of its luster now, but Kenneth has had its moments of glory. The first king of Scotland was Kenneth, and Sir Kenneth, a Christian crusader, was the hero of the Sir Walter Scott novel The Talisman.
In this country, Kenneth was a Top 20 name from the 1920s through the 50s. And of course for many girls growing up, Ken was the name of Barbie's eternal boyfriend and ultimate dream date. Most recently, Kenneth Ellen (!) Parcell was the naive, perpetually smiling character on 30 Rock.
There have been a number of musical Kenneth/Kennys--Kenny Chesney, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Loggins, and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmunds.
Kenneth is also given to girls.
Pronounced KEN-ith.
As of October 2026, Kenneth ranked #294 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #13 in 1939, Nameberry popularity #203.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #191 | 2,153 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #200 | 2,031 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #208 | 1,919 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #218 | 1,765 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #225 | 1,671 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #234 | 1,622 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #243 | 1,482 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #258 | 1,373 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #263 | 1,310 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #262 | 1,318 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #284 | 1,186 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #294 | 1,148 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Kenneth for boys
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Kenneth on lists
Famous Kenneths
- Kenneth IBoy
III, Kings of Scotland
- Kenneth Arnold "Kenny" ChesneyBoy
American country music singer
- Kenneth Donald "Kenny" RogersBoy
American singer,songwriter
- Kenneth Clark "Kenny" LogginsBoy
American singer,songwriter
- Kenneth Charles BranaghBoy
Northern Irish actor and director
- Kenneth Charles WilliamsBoy
English actor and comedian
- Kenneth Joseph ArrowBoy
American economist and Nobel Prize winner
- Kenneth Duva BurkeBoy
American literary theorist and philosopher
- Kenneth GrahameBoy
Scottish children's novelist
- Kenneth "Babyface" EdmondsBoy
American R&B singer and producer
- Kenneth Wheelock "Kenny" MayneBoy
American TV sports journalist
- Kenneth ColeBoy
American fashion designer
- Kenneth Geddes WilsonBoy
American theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner
- Kenneth Winston "Ken" StarrBoy
American independent counsel
- Kenneth Newton WalkerBoy
U.S. Air Force general
- Kenneth MoreBoy
British actor
- (Charles) Kenneth HorneBoy
English comedian
- Kenneth Lamont "Kent" BazemoreBoy
Jr., American basketball player
- Kenneth Harry ClarkeBoy
English MP
- Kenneth "Mr. Kenneth" BattelleBoy
American celebrity hairdresser
- Kenneth WelshBoy
Canadian,American actor
- Kenneth Peacock TynanBoy
English theater critic
- Kenneth TigarBoy
American actor
- Kenneth ThomsonBoy
2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian business mogul and art collector
- Kenneth Marlar TaylorBoy
U.S. Army pilot at Pearl Harbor
- (Arthur) Kenneth SearightBoy
English linguist, creator of the Sona language
- Kenneth Graham RossBoy
Australian playwright
- Kenneth RobinsonBoy
British Minister of Health
- Kenneth RexrothBoy
American poet
- Kenneth Lee PikeBoy
American linguist
- Kenneth David KaundaBoy
1st President of Zambia
- Kenneth Cordele GriffinBoy
American hedge fund manager
- Kenneth Nathaniel "Nathan" BatesBoy
5th child on "Bringing Up Bates"
- Kenneth Arthur 'Ken' DoddBoy
English comedian
Kenneth in pop culture
- Kenneth "Ken" CarsonBoy
fashion doll made by Mattel
- Kenneth WidmerpoolBoy
character in A Dance to the Music of Time series by Anthony Powell
- Andromakennethamblesorten "Kenneth" Ellen ParcellBoy
character on TV's "30 Rock"
- Kenneth MonnitoffBoy
character in movie "Donnie Darko"
- Kenneth WatersBoy
character in movie "Conviction"
- Kenneth "Kenny" McCormickBoy
character on TV's South Park
- Kenneth 'Ken' McLaughlinBoy
character in Mary O'Hara's "My Friend Flicka"
- Kenneth FordBoy
character in "Anne of Ingleside" by L.M. Montgomery
- Kenneth DilaurentisBoy
Alison Dilaurentis' father on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"