Kenith
Boy · KEN-ith · Scottish
Kenith is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “handsome, or born of fire”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kenith mean?
Scottish: spelling of Kennith, itself a spelling of Kenneth, from Gaelic Coinneach or Cináed
“handsome, or born of fire”
A spelling of Kenneth; Kenneth MacAlpin (Cináed mac Ailpín) is remembered as the first king of the Scots and Picts.
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- KEN-ith
Meaning borrowed from Kennith.
Is Kenith a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenith is a boys' name.
How popular is Kenith in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1963, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Kenith in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenith in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 22 | #1,927 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 25 | #1,783 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 28 | #1,526 |
| 1968 | 28 | #1,477 |
| 1967 | 33 | #1,311 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,449 |
| 1965 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,544 |
| 1963 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,294 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,348 |
| 1960 | 25 | #1,618 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,533 |
| 1957 | 25 | #1,582 |
| 1956 | 25 | #1,567 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,790 |
| 1954 | 22 | #1,627 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,454 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,484 |
| 1951 | 21 | #1,642 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 24 | #1,500 |
| 1948 | 19 | #1,702 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 18 | #1,691 |
| 1945 | 13 | #1,925 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,460 |
| 1942 | 13 | #2,041 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,680 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,489 |
| 1938 | 28 | #1,247 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,481 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,723 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,716 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,394 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,434 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,488 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
Nicknames for Kenith
Names like Kenith
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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