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Kenrick

#11,372 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Kendrick

Kenrick has been given to 1,265 babies in the U.S. since 1945. In 2025 it ranked #11,372 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 36 recorded.

Babies named Kenrick, 2025

1 in 553,000

Kenrick over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kenrick: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Kendrick

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kenrick means

Kenrick is a variant of Kendrick.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kenrick is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɛn.ɹɪk/ for Kenrick.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kendrick.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,265 boys were recorded with the name Kenrick between 1945 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 36 in 1990; its best national rank was #1,851 in 1978.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,832 in 2020 to #11,372 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,626 in 2015 to #11,372 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.

How common is Kenrick?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,372
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kenrick 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 2025 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kenrick. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kenricks were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kenrick was born before 1990 — so the typical Kenrick is around 35 today.

Median birth year
1990
About 35 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
21.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
29.8%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,254
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Choose a decade

1990s — 21.1% of all recorded uses (267).

Is Kenrick 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
−5,038
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−4,540
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−5,746
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.38×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
16.7%
Peak was 1990 (36)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
43.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,851
1978

Spellings of Kenrick

Kenrick is not the most common spelling — Derrick is, with 44.1% against Kenrick's 0.38%.

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 Kenrick is used

Across 1910–2025, Kenrick was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 258,128 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 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. Kenrick has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kenrick around the world

Where Kenrick 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
    2005–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • France
    1994–2023
    #4,683
    in 2023
  • Canada
    1995–2022
    #2,959
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1998–2001
    #581
    in 2001

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kenrick by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,372
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 4,540
Best rank ever
#1,851
1978
Peak year
1990
36 that year
First recorded
1945
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,265
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Kenrick

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

KenderickKendrixKendaleKendrickKendricKennardKennanKenleyKenethKendonKendrellKennonKenshinKensleyKendellFinnickYannickMavrickKennerKensonTerrickKendryKendariusWarrick

Sibling names for Kenrick

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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