Baby name

Kenan

Boy

Rising name

2024 was its best year: 187 births, or 1 baby in 17,876. The momentum is recent: births are up 41% over the last five years, compared with the decade before. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 1145.

4,645births since 1880

2020sgeneration

No. 1133rank at its peak, in 2024

Where babies named Kenan are born

2024

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The darker the blue, the more common Kenan is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Kenan is most common in North Carolina (5.1 times), New York (2.1) and Illinois (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Keenan 18,176
Kegan 3,848
Kevan 3,479
Kenai 2,391
Kelan 1,810
Kanan 1,809

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