Kennard
Kennard is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kennard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kennard 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 Kennard
Kennard first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1906, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1954: 55 births, good for #1,007 nationwide. Kennard last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Kennard
Kennard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1906 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Kennard's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #1,007. Use the chart and map above to compare Kennard'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.