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Kennie

UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and deeper origin uncertain

Kennie has been given to 1,635 babies in the U.S. since 1896. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1960, with 37 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% boys, 20% girls all-time.

Babies named Kennie, 2017

1 in 715,000

Kennie over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kennie over time

In 2025, Kennie went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18962025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kennie: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and deeper origin uncertain

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kennie means

Kennie is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Kennie is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,308 boys were recorded with the name Kennie between 1896 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 37 in 1960; its best national rank was #1,182 in 1896.

In the United States, 327 girls were recorded with the name Kennie between 1900 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1947; its best national rank was #2,075 in 1900.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #16,341 in 2020 to #9,167 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kennie?

Kennie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017
1 in 715,000
5 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only
1 in 370,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
495,893 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kennie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2017 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kennie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kennies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kennie was born before 1960 — so the typical Kennie is around 65 today.

Median birth year
1960
About 65 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
19.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
8.4%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
905
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1960s — 19.5% of all recorded uses (255).

Is Kennie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1960 (37)
Years since peak
65
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,182
1896

Spellings of Kennie

Kennie is not the most common spelling — Dennis is, with 52.9% against Kennie's 0.11%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kennie is used

Across 1910–2025, Kennie was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,010,798 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in —
  2. 2Illinois1 in —
  3. 3Tennessee1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kennie has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kennie around the world

Where Kennie ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2010–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Kennie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,182
1896
Peak year
1960
37 that year
First recorded
1896
Last recorded
2017
All-time count
1,308
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,167
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 7,174
Best rank ever
#2,075
1900
Peak year
1947
12 that year
First recorded
1900
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
327
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Kennie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KennanKenethKenleyKennonKendonKendrixKenrickKennerKensonKendryKendaleKenielKendalKendenKenaiKentaKendricKenithKennardKenyanKenricSonnieKentoKennth

Sibling names for Kennie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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