How Many People Are Named Kenji?
people named Kenji are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 66,546 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,657 babies named Kenji in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
337 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese η (ken) meaning "study, sharpen" and δΊ (ji) meaning "two", as well as other combinations of kanji characters.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kenji, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Kenji alive today is about 17 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 25 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Kenji first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 2022, to 337 babies. In 2025, 249 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
π Rank History
Kenji has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #750, in 1978. In 2025 it ranked #944.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #944 |
| Best rank | #750 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #847 in the 2020s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Kenji alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kenji were born in California than in any other state: about 1,287 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kenji was given 19.6 times as often in Hawaii, 3.4 times in California and 2.1 times in Minnesota.
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