Is Kennis a boy or girl name?

Kennis is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 636 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 11.9% were girls and 88.0% were boys.

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Kennis

Recorded 1917–2024 · United States

Kennis was most popular in 1961, when 16 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,887 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 636 people named Kennis.

Kennis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kennis’s peak in 1961. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kennis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kennis is mostly a boy’s name — 11.9% of the 636 Americans given it were girls and 88.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 32% girls and 68% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org