Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kenai

#2,761 most common boys' name of all time · #6,662 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1992–2025

Rank among boys
#2,761
Rank overall
#6,662 of 105,966
First appeared
1992
Years on the list
26 of 146
All-time
2,465
Since 2016
1,858
Peak year
2025 #713
Best rank
#713 2025
Girls Boys peak 383/yr
20002020

Kenai first appears in 1992. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 377 383 #713
2024 5 327 332 #773
2023 5 235 240 #960
2022 5 202 207 #1,082
2021 5 141 146 #1,322
2020 6 144 150 #1,278
2019 5 122 127 #1,440
2018 93 93 #1,705
2017 98 98 #1,628
2016 82 82 #1,842
2015 6 68 74 #2,085
2014 61 61 #2,226
2013 5 52 57 #2,418
2012 37 37 #3,105
2011 6 35 41 #3,222
2010 41 41 #2,908
2009 37 37 #3,153
2008 40 40 #2,998
2007 7 42 49 #2,860
2006 33 33 #3,289
2005 6 42 48 #2,650
2004 52 52 #2,236
2003 7 9 16 #7,631
2001 11 11 #6,350
1999 5 5 #10,899
1992 5 5 #9,693