Kennet
Kennet is a name with multiple cultural origins: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian.
- Swedish
- Danish
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Kennet
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kennet is a name with multiple cultural origins: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Danish
- Norwegian
The Story of Kennet
American parents first put Kennet on the record books as a baby boy name in 1938, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1959, when 13 Kennets were born — ranking #2,295 that year. About 21% of every Kennet on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Kennet last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 214 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Kennet
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kennet. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kennet
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Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Kennet
Kennet is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1938 and has accumulated 214 births in the dataset. Kennet's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #2,295. Use the chart and map above to compare Kennet'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.