Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kenji” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kenji” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kenji” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kenji” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kenji” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kenji” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kenji” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kenji” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1913 5 0.000004397 5 -100%
1914 9 0.000006354 9 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 17 0.00000783 17 -100%
1919 23 0.000010899 23 -100%
1920 27 0.000011933 27 -100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 -100%
1922 30 0.000013105 30 -100%
1923 24 0.000010424 24 -100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 -100%
1925 29 0.000012429 29 -100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 -100%
1927 16 0.000006898 16 -100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 -100%
1929 19 0.000008667 19 -100%
1930 11 0.000004948 11 -100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 11 0.000004992 11 -100%
1940 8 0.000003474 8 -100%
1943 7 0.00000248 7 -100%
1944 8 0.000002974 8 -100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 -100%
1958 7 0.000001693 7 -100%
1959 6 0.000001443 6 -100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 -100%
1961 7 0.00000169 7 -100%
1962 7 0.000001735 7 -100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 -100%
1964 8 0.000002058 8 -100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 -100%
1969 17 0.000004892 17 -100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 -100%
1971 19 0.000005536 19 -100%
1972 21 0.000006682 21 -100%
1973 28 0.000009281 28 -100%
1974 25 0.000008224 25 -100%
1975 32 0.000010598 6 26 -63%
1976 26 0.000008569 26 -100%
1977 57 0.000017944 57 -100%
1978 135 0.000042535 7 128 -90%
1979 84 0.000025248 84 -100%
1980 78 0.000022645 8 70 -79%
1981 40 0.000011563 40 -100%
1982 45 0.000012828 45 -100%
1983 28 0.000008085 28 -100%
1984 35 0.000010032 35 -100%
1985 30 0.000008405 30 -100%
1986 34 0.000009558 34 -100%
1987 22 0.000006102 22 -100%
1988 28 0.000007578 28 -100%
1989 27 0.000007023 27 -100%
1990 31 0.000007843 31 -100%
1991 32 0.000008215 32 -100%
1992 39 0.000010153 39 -100%
1993 30 0.000007957 30 -100%
1994 27 0.000007263 27 -100%
1995 55 0.000015018 55 -100%
1996 43 0.00001179 43 -100%
1997 44 0.000012135 44 -100%
1998 66 0.000017944 66 -100%
1999 56 0.00001516 56 -100%
2000 52 0.000013757 52 -100%
2001 72 0.000019234 72 -100%
2002 64 0.00001712 5 59 -84%
2003 60 0.00001578 60 -100%
2004 60 0.000015703 60 -100%
2005 75 0.000019507 75 -100%
2006 99 0.000025024 99 -100%
2007 108 0.000027016 108 -100%
2008 145 0.000036889 145 -100%
2009 166 0.000043454 7 159 -92%
2010 119 0.000032199 119 -100%
2011 147 0.000040188 147 -100%
2012 124 0.000033904 124 -100%
2013 125 0.000034287 125 -100%
2014 96 0.000025901 96 -100%
2015 122 0.000032965 122 -100%
2016 125 0.000034072 125 -100%
2017 137 0.000038309 137 -100%
2018 141 0.000040104 141 -100%
2019 156 0.000044945 156 -100%
2020 245 0.000073341 245 -100%
2021 281 0.000082941 281 -100%
2022 336 0.000099316 336 -100%
2023 296 0.000089394 296 -100%
2024 283 0.000085023 283 -100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Kenji:

  1. Keniyah
  2. Keniyha
  3. Kenja
  4. Kenjal
  5. Kenjanae
  6. Kenji (this page)
  7. Kenjiro
  8. Kenjuan
  9. Kenlani
  10. Kenlea
  11. Kenlee