Kennell
Kennell is a surname and occasional given name. Notable people with the name include:John H. Kennell (1922–2013), American doctor and researcher Kari Kennell, American model and actress Patrick C. Kennell, American university director of English studies Kennell Jackson Jr. (1941–2005), African-American expert on East Africa
Meaning & Origin of Kennell
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kennell is a surname and occasional given name. Notable people with the name include:John H. Kennell (1922–2013), American doctor and researcher Kari Kennell, American model and actress Patrick C. Kennell, American university director of English studies Kennell Jackson Jr. (1941–2005), African-American expert on East Africa
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The Story of Kennell
Kennell first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1979, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1979: 6 births, good for #5,355 nationwide. Kennell last appeared in the published SSA data in 1979, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kennell
Kennell is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Kennell's peak popularity came in 1979 when it ranked #5,355. Use the chart and map above to compare Kennell'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 .
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