In this study, adaptive filtering paradigm-based kernel least mean square (KLMS) algorithm is developed for feed-forwarded active noise control (ANC) systems by exploiting the strength of activation functions of neural network (NN) as kernels. The transfer functions NN based on logistic, tan-sigmoid and inverse-tan kernels are introduced as a variant of KLMS, normalized KLMS and affine projection KLMS algorithms. All three proposed adaptive filtering strategies are implemented for optimization of design parameters of ANC system of a headset with nonlinear noise interference under several scenarios based on tonal, narrowband, broadband and varying acoustic path. Comparison studies on the basis of detailed numerical experimentation are conducted to establish the worth of the proposed methodologies.