Kennon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEN-on
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Kennon is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
Where does Kennon come from?
English: surname, perhaps from Kennan or Cannon
Is Kennon a girl's or a boy's name?
Kennon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kennon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Kennon, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Kennon in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kennon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 21 | #2,426 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,870 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 26 | #1,790 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,782 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 29 | #1,581 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,448 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1964 | 30 | #1,434 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,694 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,836 |
| 1956 | 21 | #1,721 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 22 | #1,629 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 19 | #1,700 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 15 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,101 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
Nicknames for Kennon
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kennon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan, Cannon, Keenan, Brandon, Kevin, Deacon, Kenan, Brennan, Brayden, Kayden, Braden, Kody
Names related to Kennon
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Kennon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kennon, updated 20 October 2026.