Kennard
Kennard was the 10214th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 1014th with 55 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,228 places. More babies were named Kennard in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #10,214 boys, up 2,930 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 195455 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,711babies recorded
Kennard popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,214 | 7 |
| 2020 | #13,144 | 5 |
| 2010 | #7,888 | 10 |
| 2000 | #5,453 | 13 |
| 1990 | #2,285 | 31 |
| 1980 | #1,834 | 31 |
| 1970 | #1,641 | 28 |
| 1960 | #1,329 | 36 |
| 1950 | #1,151 | 39 |
| 1940 | #1,324 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,316 | 30 |
| 1920 | #2,284 | 14 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kennard, counting every spelling?
Kennard is the most common spelling of a name family that had 7 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 7 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
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Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kennard?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kennard (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kennard born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kennard.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kennard?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Kennard are alive today, with a median age of 48; half are between 34 and 65. That makes Kennard mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kennard by state
How common Kennard was among boys born in each state in 1952–1956, around its peak. In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kennard: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kennard, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kennard
How popular is the name Kennard?
Kennard was the 10214th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1954, when it ranked 1014th with 55 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,228 places. More babies were named Kennard in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Kennard a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kennard in the US.
Where was Kennard most popular?
In 1952–1956, Kennard was most common in Pennsylvania (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and California.