KENNETH is ranked as the 32nd most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,323,993.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 415.23 people named KENNETH for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named KENNETH is 911,154.
The SSA data also shows that KENNETH is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
KENNETH is
80.9% White,
2.6% Hispanic origin,
12.7% Black,
1.8% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name KENNETH have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name KENNETH is included in the following name categories:
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Danish masculine given name - DST Data
Scottish masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name KENNETH
The state with the most people named
KENNETH is
California where
126,056 people have this name.
Kentucky is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named KENNETH, as
564.25 in every 100,000
Kentuckians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Kentucky is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Massachusetts
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name KENNETH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
57,280
444.7
99.9%
Indiana
31,431
476.45
99.9%
Iowa
14,820
476.97
99.9%
Kansas
13,727
472.69
99.9%
Michigan
54,979
554.79
100.0%
Minnesota
23,650
433.38
99.9%
Missouri
12,338
412.08
99.9%
Nebraska
8,239
437.89
99.7%
North Dakota
3,249
439.33
99.5%
Ohio
55,014
474.5
99.9%
South Dakota
3,404
399.03
99.4%
Wisconsin
30,453
528.93
99.9%
West States
State stats for the first name KENNETH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
3,377
458.33
99.5%
Arizona
24,976
371.03
99.9%
California
126,056
324.87
100.0%
Colorado
20,894
390.12
99.9%
Hawaii
4,425
311.72
99.9%
Idaho
6,972
426.58
99.8%
Montana
4,424
432.24
99.6%
Nevada
9,969
351.14
99.8%
New Mexico
7,446
357.04
99.7%
Oregon
17,111
430.98
99.9%
Utah
10,211
346.98
99.8%
Washington
31,263
442.72
99.9%
Wyoming
2,770
474.11
99.6%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name KENNETH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
7,918
220.14
99.7%
Maine
3,148
236.64
99.0%
Massachusetts
14,243
211.15
99.7%
New Hampshire
3,336
251.4
99.1%
New Jersey
22,537
252.15
99.8%
New York
80,122
405.76
100.0%
Pennsylvania
55,933
437.42
99.9%
Rhode Island
2,753
260.86
99.3%
Vermont
2,764
441.07
99.6%
South States
State stats for the first name KENNETH
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have KENNETH as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named KENNETH.
The most popular full name is KENNETH Smith.
0.97% of all the people named KENNETH
have this family name.
There are 66515 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name KENNETH