Gender: Boy
Meaning: Cool breeze over the mountains
Origin: Hawaiian
Popularity: Ranked #1131 in 2024 with 187 babies born.
History: Kenan surged in the 2010s-2020s. Kenan Thompson is SNL's longest-serving cast member — an American comedy institution. Kenan & Kel defined 1990s Nickelodeon. Kenan means making America laugh for decades.
Similar names: keenan, kenaan, kennan, kaenan, keanan, kenyan, kienan, kean
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Kenan? About 1 in 17,799 babies born in 2024 were named Kenan, or roughly 0.5 per day in the United States.
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