How Many People Are Named Kenai?

2,449

people named Kenai are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 139,560 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,465 babies named Kenai in Social Security records from 1992 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,908

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,201

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Peak Year

2025

383 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
3.0%
Male
97.0%

Of the babies given the name Kenai, 3% were girls and 97% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 7% of the babies were girls then and 2.2% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kenai alive today is about 6 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 1 and 9 in 2025.

Under 30 2,444
99.8%
30 to 59 5
0.2%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kenai first appears in the records in 1992, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 383 babies.

Babies given the name each year, 1992 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Kenai has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #713, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #713.

Boys
Rank in 2025#713
Best rank#713 (2025)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#956 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Kenai alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Kenai were born in California than in any other state: about 219 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kenai was given 3.8 times as often in Washington, 3.6 times in Oklahoma and 2.9 times in Colorado.

California 219
Florida 150
Texas 147
Washington 112
Colorado 67
Arizona 66
Oklahoma 57
North Carolina 52
Georgia 51
Utah 47
New York 43
Oregon 36
Wisconsin 34
Ohio 28
Tennessee 26
Minnesota 22
Virginia 20
New Jersey 19
Pennsylvania 16
Idaho 15
Illinois 15
Indiana 13
Missouri 13
Nevada 11
Michigan 11
Massachusetts 8
New Mexico 7
Connecticut 6
Montana 5
Kansas 5
South Dakota 5
South Carolina 5
Alaska 5

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