Kenai
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- #710 for boys in 2025, 377 births
- Given to boys 97.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 377 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,391since 1992
Kenai over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kenai has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #710 | 377 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #772 | 327 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #960 | 235 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #1,078 | 202 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #1,320 | 141 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #1,271 | 144 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #1,432 | 122 |
| 2018 | — | #1,687 | 93 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,623 | 98 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,828 | 82 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #2,068 | 68 |
| 2014 | — | #2,205 | 61 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #2,402 | 52 |
| 2012 | — | #3,059 | 37 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #3,164 | 35 |
| 2010 | — | #2,874 | 41 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,105 | 37 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,946 | 40 | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2006 | — | #3,227 | 33 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #2,614 | 42 |
| 2004 | — | #2,208 | 52 | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #7,245 | 9 |
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| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
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| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1992
The first year at least five boys were named Kenai! It came in at #8,435, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1992–2000, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kenai is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #227 | 5 | 1 in 753 |
| Colorado | #329 | 19 | 1 in 1,413 |
| Wisconsin | #411 | 12 | 1 in 1,953 |
| Arizona | #432 | 17 | 1 in 1,925 |
| Idaho | #435 | 5 | 1 in 1,726 |
| Oregon | #438 | 8 | 1 in 1,882 |
| Connecticut | #440 | 6 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Nevada | #443 | 6 | 1 in 1,882 |
| Washington | #446 | 16 | 1 in 2,050 |
| Missouri | #457 | 13 | 1 in 2,139 |
| Oklahoma | #504 | 8 | 1 in 2,210 |
| Minnesota | #511 | 10 | 1 in 2,450 |
| Florida | #515 | 34 | 1 in 2,810 |
| Utah | #561 | 7 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Kansas | #590 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| North Carolina | #645 | 14 | 1 in 3,676 |
| Texas | #723 | 38 | 1 in 4,607 |
| Virginia | #727 | 9 | 1 in 4,139 |
| California | #754 | 34 | 1 in 5,161 |
| Pennsylvania | #792 | 10 | 1 in 5,226 |
| New Jersey | #829 | 7 | 1 in 5,681 |
| Indiana | #844 | 6 | 1 in 5,277 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Michigan | #999 | 6 | 1 in 6,699 |
| Ohio | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,505 |
| Illinois | #1,023 | 7 | 1 in 7,079 |
| New York | #1,119 | 10 | 1 in 8,442 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kenai
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 561 spots since 2020 (#1,271 → #710)
- Biggest jump: 188 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1992
- Peaked 2025 at #710 (377 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 2023–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,531
- Highest: 1 in 4,531 boys born in 2025 were named Kenai (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 59.6% of all boys named Kenai (1,426) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10 | #8,435 (1992) | #9,174 |
| 2000s | 266 | #2,208 (2004) | #3,771 |
| 2010s | 689 | #1,432 (2019) | #2,234 |
| 2020s | 1,426 | #710 (2025) | #1,019 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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