Kenai

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #710 for boys in 2025, 377 births
Given to boys 97.0% of the time

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Peak · boys
#710
2025 · 377 births
Debut · boys
1992
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,391
since 1992

Kenai over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kenai has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#710377
2024#15,2935#772327
2023#15,1945#960235
2022#15,3065#1,078202
2021#15,2515#1,320141
2020#13,4536#1,271144
2019#15,5395#1,432122
2018—#1,68793
2017—#1,62398
2016—#1,82882
2015#14,4826#2,06868
2014—#2,20561
2013#16,5475#2,40252
2012—#3,05937
2011#14,8246#3,16435
2010—#2,87441
2009—#3,10537
2008—#2,94640
2007#13,9247#2,81142
2006—#3,22733
2005#14,5026#2,61442
2004—#2,20852
2003#12,4087#7,2459
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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 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedILWisconsin: #565 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,249 boysWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,725 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 23,968 boysCAUtah: #670 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,065 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedDEArizona: #868 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,925 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kenai, so not publishedHITexas: #2,331 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,233 boysTXFlorida: #1,362 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 13,810 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#565 · 1 in 3,249
  2. Utah#670 · 1 in 4,065
  3. Arizona#868 · 1 in 6,925
  4. Florida#1,362 · 1 in 13,810
  5. California#1,725 · 1 in 23,968

Best ever in a state: #184 in Alaska, 2021.

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Wisconsin#56581 in 3,249
Utah#67051 in 4,065
Arizona#86851 in 6,925
Florida#1,36271 in 13,810
California#1,72591 in 23,968
Texas#2,33151 in 35,233
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See more about Kenai
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 62 spots since 2024 (#772 → #710)
  • 561 spots since 2020 (#1,271 → #710)
  • 1,358 spots since 2015 (#2,068 → #710)
  • Biggest jump: 188 spots in 2024 (#960 → #772)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s10#8,435 (1992)#9,174
2000s266#2,208 (2004)#3,771
2010s689#1,432 (2019)#2,234
2020s1,426#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.

Kenai in 2017

boys
#1,623
98 births · 1 in 18,887 boys

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #1,623Kenai98
More about 2017

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 18,887 of them was named Kenai, which outranked 88.6% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenai
  1. #1,612Shia99
  2. #1,612Thor99
  3. #1,612Zavion99
  4. #1,623Kenai98
  5. #1,623Avyaan98
  6. #1,623Eder98
  7. #1,623Honor98
  8. #1,630Ambrose97
  9. #1,630Brandt97
  10. #1,630Fischer97

Tied with 6 names at #1,623; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017 →