Kenji
#1,608 most common boys' name of all time · #3,900 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1913–2025
Rank among boys
#1,608
Rank overall
#3,900 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
5,657
Since 2016
2,251
Peak year
2022 #754
Best rank
#749 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 337/yr
Kenji first appears in 1913. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 249 | 249 | #945 |
| 2024 | — | 284 | 284 | #855 |
| 2023 | — | 296 | 296 | #828 |
| 2022 | — | 337 | 337 | #754 |
| 2021 | — | 281 | 281 | #846 |
| 2020 | — | 245 | 245 | #911 |
| 2019 | — | 156 | 156 | #1,220 |
| 2018 | — | 141 | 141 | #1,294 |
| 2017 | — | 137 | 137 | #1,315 |
| 2016 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,402 |
| 2015 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,411 |
| 2014 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,621 |
| 2013 | — | 125 | 125 | #1,355 |
| 2012 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,360 |
| 2011 | — | 147 | 147 | #1,203 |
| 2010 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,399 |
| 2009 | 7 | 159 | 166 | #1,149 |
| 2008 | — | 145 | 145 | #1,216 |
| 2007 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,479 |
| 2006 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,521 |
| 2005 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,756 |
| 2004 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,943 |
| 2002 | 5 | 59 | 64 | #1,898 |
| 2001 | — | 72 | 72 | #1,633 |
| 2000 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,974 |
| 1999 | — | 56 | 56 | #1,783 |
| 1998 | — | 66 | 66 | #1,593 |
| 1997 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,028 |
| 1996 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1995 | — | 55 | 55 | #1,651 |
| 1994 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,708 |
| 1993 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,463 |
| 1992 | — | 39 | 39 | #2,014 |
| 1991 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,247 |
| 1990 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,273 |
| 1989 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,427 |
| 1988 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,221 |
| 1987 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,497 |
| 1986 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,808 |
| 1985 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,934 |
| 1984 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,667 |
| 1983 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,925 |
| 1982 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,424 |
| 1981 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,529 |
| 1980 | 8 | 70 | 78 | #1,083 |
| 1979 | — | 84 | 84 | #969 |
| 1978 | 7 | 128 | 135 | #749 |
| 1977 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,169 |
| 1976 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,900 |
| 1975 | 6 | 26 | 32 | #1,859 |
| 1974 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,855 |
| 1973 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,670 |
| 1972 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,987 |
| 1971 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,163 |
| 1970 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,340 |
| 1969 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,092 |
| 1968 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,005 |
| 1967 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,289 |
| 1966 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,554 |
| 1965 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,877 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,162 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,451 |
| 1962 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,477 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,199 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,122 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,774 |
| 1943 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,107 |
| 1940 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,793 |
| 1939 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,252 |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,594 |
| 1937 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,175 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,365 |
| 1935 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,491 |
| 1934 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,679 |
| 1933 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,574 |
| 1931 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,601 |
| 1930 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1929 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,789 |
| 1928 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,953 |
| 1927 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,114 |
| 1926 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,061 |
| 1925 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,387 |
| 1924 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,836 |
| 1923 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,587 |
| 1922 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,365 |
| 1921 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,252 |
| 1920 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,456 |
| 1919 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,573 |
| 1918 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,993 |
| 1917 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,085 |
| 1916 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,695 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,609 |
| 1914 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,430 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,170 |