Kennis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEN-is
Kennis is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kennis come from?
Source uncertain; perhaps linked to Kenneth
Is Kennis a girl's or a boy's name?
Kennis is a boys' name.
How popular is Kennis in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1961, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Kennis in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kennis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 13 | #2,263 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
Nicknames for Kennis
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kennis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dennis, Kevin, Thomas, Lewis, James, William, Kelvin, Francis, Charles, Chris, Keenan, Curtis
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, “Kennis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kennis, updated 20 October 2026.