Kenji

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Kenji first appears in the U.S. data in 1913 and has been recorded in 98 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2022 with 336 babies (rank #755 that year). In 2024 it was given to 283 boys (rank #855). The name has been rising over the last five years.
5,406
Total babies (all years)
98
Years in the data
336
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19135#3,055
19149#2,367
19156#3,635
191610#2,643
191715#2,044
191817#1,952
191923#1,558
192027#1,444
192115#2,214
192230#1,359
192324#1,573
192420#1,810
192529#1,378
192616#2,031
192716#2,087
192817#1,935
192919#1,760
193011#2,531
193110#2,566
19326#3,578
193312#2,159
19349#2,661
193510#2,460
19366#3,360
193712#2,145
19389#2,564
193911#2,233
19408#2,766
19437#3,094
19448#2,748
19565#4,212
19587#3,424
19596#3,812
19608#3,214
19617#3,521
19627#3,478
19637#3,497
19648#3,161
19659#2,894
196611#2,549
196713#2,299
196817#1,993
196917#2,087
197016#2,354
197119#2,172
197221#1,998
197328#1,678
197425#1,863
197526#1,859
197626#1,903
197757#1,167
1978128#751
197984#971
198070#1,083
198140#1,531
198245#1,431
198328#1,930
198435#1,673
198530#1,946
198634#1,815
198722#2,520
198828#2,222
198927#2,443
199031#2,284
199132#2,268
199239#2,025
199330#2,483
199427#2,730
199555#1,661
199643#2,034
199744#2,044
199866#1,590
199956#1,790
200052#1,983
200172#1,640
200259#1,906
200360#1,950
200460#2,008
200575#1,765
200699#1,523
2007108#1,486
2008145#1,216
2009159#1,150
2010119#1,403
2011147#1,204
2012124#1,364
2013125#1,358
201496#1,620
2015122#1,409
2016125#1,407
2017137#1,318
2018141#1,296
2019156#1,222
2020245#912
2021281#847
2022336#755
2023296#827
2024283#855