NameTides

Kenji

Kenji was the #943 boys' name in the US in 2025 (249 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #1,500 in Canada.

Kenji as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kenji 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.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kenji 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#943 (249)#2,269 (10)#1,500 (15)
2024#854 (284)#2,444 (9)#1,507 (14)
2023#827 (296)#1,907 (12)#1,079 (21)
2022#754 (337)#1,534 (16)#1,142 (19)
2021#845 (281)#2,125 (10)#1,039 (22)
2020#910 (245)#1,723 (13)#1,595 (11)
2019#1,218 (156)#2,488 (8)#1,835 (9)
2018#1,294 (141)#3,412 (5)#2,176 (7)
2017#1,314 (137)#4,812 (3)#1,623 (11)
2016#1,399 (125)#2,175 (10)#1,423 (13)
2015#1,406 (122)#3,004 (6)#1,816 (9)
2014#1,619 (96)#2,964 (6)#1,381 (13)
2013#1,352 (125)#2,660 (7)#2,305 (6)
2012#1,359 (124)#2,270 (9)#2,158 (7)
2011#1,198 (147)#3,300 (5)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #754.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,800 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 6,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kenji is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,500 to 1 in 8,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kenji by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #750OHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #709MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: #126HITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: #912FL
Kenji (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#1,3557

Kenji (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
KenjiCanadaBoys#1,50015
KenjiEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
KenjiUSGirls—too few
KenjiUSBoys#943249