Kenai
Kenai is ranked 772nd among boys in 2024 (327 births). Its best rank was 772nd, in 2024.
- Rank in 2024
- #772up 188 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3270.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2024327 births
- Best rank
- #772in 2024
- Since 1992
- 2,081people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,013 boys have been named Kenai in the United States since 1992, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 327 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2020, and the 2020s alone account for 52%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 68 girls have also been given it, 3.3% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2024, its biggest year
Kenai was the 772nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.
Names that rose and fell with Kenai
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kodapeak 2023
- Ziggypeak 2022
- Lucapeak 2024
- Zakaipeak 2024
- Enzopeak 2024
- Bodiepeak 2024
- Agastyapeak 2024
- Dracopeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.