NameTides

Kenai

Kenai was the #710 boys' name in the US in 2025 (377 babies), and #2,952 in England & Wales and #741 in Canada.

Kenai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kenai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Kenai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#710 (377)#2,952 (7)#741 (36)
2024#772 (327)#5,120 (3)#1,056 (23)
2023#960 (235)#2,008 (11)#1,043 (22)
2022#1,078 (202)#4,002 (4)#1,284 (16)
2021#1,320 (141)#3,017 (6)#1,277 (16)
2020#1,271 (144)—#1,312 (15)
2019#1,432 (122)—#1,998 (8)
2018#1,687 (93)—#1,836 (9)
2017#1,623 (98)#4,812 (3)—
2016#1,828 (82)—#1,683 (10)
2015#2,068 (68)#4,747 (3)#2,715 (5)
2014#2,205 (61)——
2013#2,402 (52)——
2012#3,059 (37)#3,987 (4)#2,666 (5)
2011#3,164 (35)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #710.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1992.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 38,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kenai is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 3,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kenai by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #446WAIdaho: #435IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #511MNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #438ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #844INOhio: #1,015OHPennsylvania: #792PANew Jersey: #829NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #754CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #329CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #457MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #432AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #723TXFlorida: #515FL
Kenai (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Kenai (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KenaiCanadaBoys#74136
KenaiEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
KenaiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KenaiUSGirls#13,2086
KenaiUSBoys#710377