How Many People Are Named Kennetha?
An estimated 489 people in the United States have the first name Kennetha. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 50 years old, and Kennetha peaked in popularity in 1956 with 36 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Kennetha as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Kennetha paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
489
About 1 in 700,929 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
50
years old
Peak Year
1956
36 births
Total Registered
556
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Kennetha
Kennetha is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 556 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Kennetha as a female name
Ranked #15,342 in 1998
5 female births in 1998
Peak: 1956 (36 births)
Kennetha: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Kennetha span from the 1950s to the 1990s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 159 babies were registered. While Kennetha is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Kennetha by Decade
How has Kennetha tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Kennetha by State
Birth registrations for Kennetha span all 4 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, Kentucky, Illinois. The lowest are in New York, Illinois, Kentucky. On average, about 8 Kennethas were registered per state.
Kennetha + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Kennetha as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Kennetha
Other first names starting with K with a similar number of bearers.
Kennetha: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Kennetha?
We estimate approximately 489 people named Kennetha are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 700,929 Americans share this first name.
Is Kennetha a common name?
Kennetha is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 556 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Kennetha most popular?
Kennetha reached peak popularity in 1956, when 36 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Kennetha is approximately 50 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Kennetha a female name?
Kennetha is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Kennetha Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Kennetha Smith, Kennetha Johnson, Kennetha Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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