Kenzo
- Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539
- #628 for boys in 2025, 445 births
- Given to boys 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 596 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,690since 1920
Kenzo over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kenzo has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #628 | 445 | |
| 2024 | — | #586 | 487 | |
| 2023 | — | #621 | 452 | |
| 2022 | — | #505 | 596 | |
| 2021 | — | #530 | 556 | |
| 2020 | — | #548 | 519 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #725 | 335 |
| 2018 | — | #876 | 249 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,175 | 159 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,585 | 103 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,740 | 88 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,730 | 87 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,659 | 91 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,711 | 88 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,561 | 101 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,599 | 98 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,476 | 31 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,044 | 25 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,893 | 26 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,072 | 17 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,631 | 18 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,143 | 8 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,874 | 7 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1920
The first year at least five boys were named Kenzo! It came in at #3,489, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1922, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kenzo is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Hawaii#180 · 1 in 486
- Nevada#299 · 1 in 1,129
- Maryland#330 · 1 in 1,431
- Massachusetts#361 · 1 in 1,930
- Nebraska#377 · 1 in 1,470
Best ever in a state: #70 in Hawaii, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #180 | 6 | 1 in 486 |
| Nevada | #299 | 10 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Maryland | #330 | 16 | 1 in 1,431 |
| Massachusetts | #361 | 14 | 1 in 1,930 |
| Nebraska | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,470 |
| California | #401 | 82 | 1 in 2,140 |
| Connecticut | #440 | 6 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Minnesota | #446 | 12 | 1 in 2,042 |
| New York | #481 | 34 | 1 in 2,483 |
| Michigan | #517 | 16 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Washington | #529 | 13 | 1 in 2,523 |
| North Carolina | #539 | 18 | 1 in 2,859 |
| Florida | #543 | 32 | 1 in 2,985 |
| Virginia | #563 | 13 | 1 in 2,866 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Georgia | #625 | 16 | 1 in 3,139 |
| Ohio | #627 | 15 | 1 in 3,502 |
| Arizona | #634 | 10 | 1 in 3,272 |
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| New Jersey | #707 | 9 | 1 in 4,418 |
| Texas | #749 | 36 | 1 in 4,863 |
| Tennessee | #842 | 7 | 1 in 5,253 |
| Pennsylvania | #846 | 9 | 1 in 5,807 |
| Indiana | #949 | 5 | 1 in 6,333 |
| Illinois | #1,023 | 7 | 1 in 7,079 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 80 spots since 2020 (#548 → #628)
- 1,112 spots since 2015 (#1,740 → #628)
- Biggest jump: 299 spots in 2018
- Biggest drop: 116 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · boys
102 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 2022 at #505 (596 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,930
- Highest: 1 in 2,930 boys born in 2022 were named Kenzo (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,838 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 65.1% of all boys named Kenzo (3,055) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 23 | #3,489 (1920) | #3,991 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,642 (1933) | #3,642 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 10 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,486 |
| 1990s | 30 | #7,560 (1998) | #8,285 |
| 2000s | 168 | #3,476 (2009) | #5,439 |
| 2010s | 1,399 | #725 (2019) | #1,436 |
| 2020s | 3,055 | #505 (2022) | #570 |
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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