Kenith
Kenith is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kenith
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kenith is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kenith
The earliest SSA record of Kenith as a baby boy name dates back to 1913, when 6 babies received it. 1963 was its biggest year on record, with 37 newborns named Kenith — #1,278 in the national rankings. Kenith last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kenith
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Names that sound like Kenith
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About the name Kenith
Kenith is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Kenith's peak popularity came in 1963 when it ranked #1,278. Use the chart and map above to compare Kenith's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.