Kennett
Kennett is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Kennett
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kennett is a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Kennett
The earliest SSA record of Kennett as a baby boy name dates back to 1915, when 5 babies received it. 1949 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Kennett — #2,606 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Kennett on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Kennett last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 207 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Kennett
Kennett is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 207 births in the dataset. Kennett's peak popularity came in 1949 when it ranked #2,606. Use the chart and map above to compare Kennett'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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