Kennard
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEN-urd
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kennard is a boys' name of Old English origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Kennard mean?
Old English: English surname from Old English Cyneweard or Cenheard
An English surname, probably from the Old English personal names Cyneweard or Cenheard.
Is Kennard a girl's or a boy's name?
Kennard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kennard in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Kennard, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 55 boys. It first appears in the records in 1906.
Half of all the boys named Kennard in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kennard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 28 | #2,527 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 34 | #1,763 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 35 | #1,676 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,601 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 25 | #2,048 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,886 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,418 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,614 |
| 1969 | 30 | #1,463 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 29 | #1,410 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,236 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1964 | 44 | #1,160 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,319 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,466 |
| 1958 | 30 | #1,419 |
| 1957 | 29 | #1,456 |
| 1956 | 48 | #1,091 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,113 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,006 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,122 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,267 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,260 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,138 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,448 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,348 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,369 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,311 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,425 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,265 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,587 |
| 1935 | 34 | #1,123 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,144 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,236 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,302 |
| 1930 | 30 | #1,299 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 24 | #1,522 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,661 |
| 1925 | 17 | #1,934 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 26 | #1,470 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,692 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,458 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,306 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
Names like Kennard
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Richard, Edward, Kevin, Keith, David, Donald, Teddy, Dean, Ronald, Raymond, Danny, Douglas
Names related to Kennard
More Old English names
Alfie, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar, Alden, Edmund
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, “Kennard: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kennard, updated 20 October 2026.