Kenon
Kenon is a fresh water body in the Chita District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The name of the lake originated in the Evenki language.
Meaning & Origin of Kenon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kenon is a fresh water body in the Chita District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The name of the lake originated in the Evenki language.
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The Story of Kenon
The earliest SSA record of Kenon as a baby boy name dates back to 1971, when 8 babies received it. 1980 was its biggest year on record, with 21 newborns named Kenon — #2,367 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Kenon on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Kenon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 406 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Kenon
Kenon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 406 births in the dataset. Kenon's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #2,367. Use the chart and map above to compare Kenon'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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