Kenniel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- keh-nee-EL
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Kenniel is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Kenniel come from?
Modern: spelling of Keniel; modern coinage, Ken- with the -iel ending of names like Daniel
Meaning borrowed from Keniel.
Is Kenniel a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenniel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kenniel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Kenniel, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Kenniel in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenniel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
Nicknames for Kenniel
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kenniel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden, Cassian, Finnegan, Kyaire, Brecken, Rayden, Braylen, Kaceyon, Finn, Kyden, Killian, Callan
Names related to Kenniel
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, “Kenniel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenniel, updated 20 October 2026.