Kenji
Kenji is ranked 855th among boys in 2024 (283 births). Its best rank was 751st, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- #855down 28 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2830.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022336 births
- Best rank
- #751in 1978
- Since 1913
- 5,373people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,373 boys have been named Kenji in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 336 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2020s alone account for 27%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kenji | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 85 | |
| 1920s | 213 | |
| 1930s | 96 | |
| 1940s | 23 | |
| 1950s | 18 | |
| 1960s | 104 | |
| 1970s | 430 | |
| 1980s | 359 | |
| 1990s | 423 | |
| 2000s | 889 | |
| 2010s | 1,292 | |
| 2020s | 1,441 |
In 2022, its biggest year
Kenji was the 755th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Kenji
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Camilopeak 2022
- Lucianopeak 2024
- Valentinopeak 2024
- Leandropeak 2024
- Marcelopeak 2024
- Santanapeak 2020
- Avipeak 2022
- Maximopeak 2023
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.