Names / Boy names
Kenan
Current rank
#1,148
holding steady
All-time peak
#970
in 1997
First recorded
1947
in U.S. data
Children named
4,600
since 1947
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #970 in 1997 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Possession or hopeful gift. The name enters U.S. records in U.S. records in 1947. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Its strongest year was 1997, at #970 nationally. Over 4,600 have carried it since records began.