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Kenzi

#3,322 in 2025Girls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kenzi has been given to 3,246 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #3,322 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 203 recorded.

Babies named Kenzi, 2025

1 in 70,500

Kenzi over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kenzi: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kenzi means

Kenzi is a given name.

The naming story behind Kenzi

Wikidata records Kenzi as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q64786735, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,208 girls were recorded with the name Kenzi between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 203 in 2013; its best national rank was #1,188 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,627 in 2020 to #3,322 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,502 in 2015 to #3,322 in 2025.

In the United States, 38 boys were recorded with the name Kenzi between 2007 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2024; its best national rank was #9,446 in 2024.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kenzi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 70,500
47 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 34,200
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,322
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
48,893 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kenzi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 48,893 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kenzi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kenzis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kenzi was born before 2013 — so the typical Kenzi is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
49.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
84.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,208
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 49.0% of all recorded uses (1,572).

Is Kenzi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−534
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,695
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,820
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.31×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
23.2%
Peak was 2013 (203)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,188
2013

Spellings of Kenzi

Kenzi is not the most common spelling — Kelli is, with 24.6% against Kenzi's 1.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kenzi is used

Across 2016–2025, Kenzi was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 6,250 girls, against 1 in 22,738 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).

116 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 6,250
  2. 2Pennsylvania1 in 14,286
  3. 3Michigan1 in 16,667
  4. 4New York1 in 16,667
  5. 5Texas1 in 16,667
  6. 6Virginia1 in 16,667
  7. 7California1 in 20,000
  8. 8Georgia1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Kenzi around the world

Where Kenzi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1998–2022
    #760
    in 2022
  • Northern Ireland
    2005–2005
    #377
    in 2005
  • Ireland
    2019–2019
    #871
    in 2019
  • France
    2000–2024
    #6,730
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2007–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kenzi in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kenzi. Linked forms have their own page here.

Kenzie

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kenzi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,322
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,695
Best rank ever
#1,188
2013
Peak year
2013
203 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,208
Count in 2025
47

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#9,446
2024
Peak year
2024
8 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
38
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kenzi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KendaKenleeKeniaKendylKenzyKenzaKenaKensiKennaKenadiKenleyKendiKenliKenishaKennyKenlyKendalKendyKensieKenediKennadiKendellKenadeeKennady

Names with a curve like Kenzi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kenzi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MariajoseTaylinBentleyMiyahAbrielleJaleahPresleePyperAnaleeAnistonLilyannSkylee

Sibling names for Kenzi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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