How Many People Are Named Kennard?

1,761

people named Kennard are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 194,085 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,711 babies named Kennard in Social Security records from 1906 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,310

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,700

See the top 100

Peak Year

1954

55 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: KEN-ərd
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From a surname which was derived from the Old English given names CYNEWEARD or CYNEHEARD.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

CyneheardCyneweard

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Kennard in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kennard alive today is about 48 years old, and 46% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 33 and 65 in 2025.

Under 30 355
20.2%
30 to 59 814
46.2%
60 and over 592
33.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kennard first appears in the records in 1906 and was given most often in 1954, to 55 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1906 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Kennard has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,013, in 1954. In 2025 it ranked #10,210.

Boys
Rank in 2025#10,210
Best rank#1,013 (1954)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,227 in the 1950s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Kennard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Kennard were born in Maryland than in any other state: about 87 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kennard was given 19.8 times as often in Maryland and 3.4 times in Texas.

Maryland 87
Texas 61
California 31
Florida 22
Pennsylvania 19
New York 14
Virginia 7
Illinois 6
New Jersey 4
Ohio 3

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