Kennith
Boy · KEN-ith · Scottish
Kennith is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “handsome, or born of fire”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Kennith mean?
Scottish: 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.
- Say it
- KEN-ith
Is Kennith a girl's or a boy's name?
Kennith 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 Kennith in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Kennith, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 234 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
2025 had fewer boys named Kennith than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Kennith in the US since 1880 were born between 1942 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,166 boys in the US were given Kennith or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #301, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Kennith in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,391 |
| 1997 | 60 | #1,654 |
| 1996 | 53 | #1,737 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 54 | #1,659 |
| 1993 | 56 | #1,596 |
| 1992 | 66 | #1,390 |
| 1991 | 63 | #1,424 |
| 1990 | 61 | #1,430 |
| 1989 | 88 | #1,126 |
| 1988 | 75 | #1,161 |
| 1987 | 79 | #1,076 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,254 |
| 1985 | 90 | #962 |
| 1984 | 71 | #1,059 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,239 |
| 1982 | 84 | #981 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,009 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,258 |
| 1979 | 88 | #937 |
| 1978 | 59 | #1,149 |
| 1977 | 78 | #970 |
| 1976 | 77 | #946 |
| 1975 | 96 | #850 |
| 1974 | 100 | #802 |
| 1973 | 80 | #894 |
| 1972 | 108 | #766 |
| 1971 | 135 | #711 |
| 1970 | 138 | #707 |
| 1969 | 155 | #637 |
| 1968 | 145 | #628 |
| 1967 | 146 | #622 |
| 1966 | 156 | #599 |
| 1965 | 175 | #577 |
| 1964 | 211 | #542 |
| 1963 | 186 | #583 |
| 1962 | 219 | #537 |
| 1961 | 211 | #544 |
| 1960 | 197 | #560 |
| 1959 | 223 | #528 |
| 1958 | 201 | #542 |
| 1957 | 219 | #517 |
| 1956 | 234 | #493 |
| 1955 | 206 | #510 |
| 1954 | 191 | #527 |
| 1953 | 190 | #509 |
| 1952 | 210 | #484 |
| 1951 | 204 | #473 |
| 1950 | 186 | #492 |
| 1949 | 199 | #465 |
| 1948 | 215 | #455 |
| 1947 | 194 | #480 |
| 1946 | 175 | #483 |
| 1945 | 158 | #474 |
| 1944 | 149 | #498 |
| 1943 | 142 | #529 |
| 1942 | 178 | #467 |
| 1941 | 141 | #491 |
| 1940 | 192 | #422 |
| 1939 | 155 | #463 |
| 1938 | 151 | #472 |
| 1937 | 171 | #434 |
| 1936 | 126 | #508 |
| 1935 | 133 | #496 |
| 1934 | 122 | #530 |
| 1933 | 133 | #486 |
| 1932 | 108 | #570 |
| 1931 | 107 | #570 |
| 1930 | 98 | #621 |
| 1929 | 80 | #689 |
| 1928 | 88 | #669 |
| 1927 | 73 | #766 |
| 1926 | 66 | #813 |
| 1925 | 75 | #759 |
| 1924 | 67 | #823 |
| 1923 | 57 | #905 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,010 |
| 1921 | 59 | #913 |
| 1920 | 55 | #929 |
| 1919 | 36 | #1,159 |
| 1918 | 32 | #1,231 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,322 |
| 1916 | 30 | #1,206 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,342 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
Nicknames for Kennith
Names like Kennith
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Kennith
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