Keneth
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEN-ith
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Keneth is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “handsome; or born of fire”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Keneth mean?
Scottish: spelling of Kenneth; anglicised form of Gaelic Coinneach and Cináed
“handsome; or born of fire”
Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín), who died in 858, is traditionally regarded as the first King of Scots.
Meaning borrowed from Kenneth. More on Wiktionary.
Is Keneth a girl's or a boy's name?
Keneth is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keneth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Keneth, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Keneth in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,166 boys in the US were given Keneth or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #301, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Keneth in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 23 | #1,649 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,722 |
| 1965 | 26 | #1,512 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,618 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,723 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,814 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,168 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,308 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,867 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 18 | #1,656 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,707 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,121 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
Nicknames for Keneth
Names like Keneth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kenny, Kevin, Dean, Keith, Calvin, Donald, Kelvin, Douglas, Conrad, Franklin, Warren, Roy
Other spellings of Keneth
Names related to Keneth
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Keneth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keneth, updated 20 October 2026.