Kennen
The KH-11 KENNEN is a type of reconnaissance satellite first launched by the American National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in December 1976. Manufactured by Lockheed in Sunnyvale, California, the KH-11 was the first American spy satellite to use electro-optical digital imaging, and to offer real-time optical observations.
Meaning & Origin of Kennen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The KH-11 KENNEN is a type of reconnaissance satellite first launched by the American National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in December 1976. Manufactured by Lockheed in Sunnyvale, California, the KH-11 was the first American spy satellite to use electro-optical digital imaging, and to offer real-time optical observations.
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The Story of Kennen
The earliest SSA record of Kennen as a baby boy name dates back to 1965, when 5 babies received it. 2004 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Kennen — #5,812 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Kennen on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kennen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 287 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kennen
Kennen is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 287 births in the dataset. Kennen's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #5,812. Use the chart and map above to compare Kennen'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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