Kenrick
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEN-rik
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Kenrick is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “royal ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Kenrick mean?
Old English: from the Old English name Cyneric
“royal ruler”
From the Old English name Cyneric, built from cyne 'royal' and ric 'ruler'.
Is Kenrick a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenrick 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 Kenrick 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 Kenrick, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the boys named Kenrick in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenrick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 30 | #2,530 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 25 | #2,224 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 23 | #2,231 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 29 | #1,898 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,307 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 10 | #2,704 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,366 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
Nicknames for Kenrick
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kenrick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Kendrick Kody Ryan Cody Dylan Brody Kieran Kevin Brandon Keenan Kenan
Names related to Kenrick
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Teddy Waylon Alfred Audrey Edith Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar
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, “Kenrick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenrick, updated 20 October 2026.