Kennen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEN-en
- Origin
- Modern
Kennen is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kennen come from?
Modern: perhaps a variant of Kenan or Keenan
Is Kennen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kennen is a boys' name.
How popular is Kennen in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the boys named Kennen in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kennen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
Nicknames for Kennen
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kennen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Brayden, Keegan, Aiden, Brecken, Finnegan, Rayden, Braylen, Declan, Finn, Kyden, Raiden
Names related to Kennen
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Kennen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kennen, updated 20 October 2026.