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.

Kenshin

#8,722 most common boys' name of all time · #22,039 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 2001–2025

Rank among boys
#8,722
Rank overall
#22,039 of 105,966
First appeared
2001
Years on the list
24 of 146
All-time
363
Since 2016
135
Peak year
2003 #3,835
Best rank
#3,835 2003
Girls Boys peak 23/yr
2020

Kenshin first appears in 2001. 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 10 10 #8,030
2024 5 5 #13,219
2023 9 9 #8,673
2022 23 23 #4,539
2021 10 10 #7,974
2020 15 15 #5,902
2019 17 17 #5,498
2018 11 11 #7,475
2017 17 17 #5,478
2016 18 18 #5,274
2015 11 11 #7,370
2014 20 20 #4,844
2013 20 20 #4,778
2012 10 10 #8,001
2011 13 13 #6,522
2010 22 22 #4,508
2009 16 16 #5,778
2008 16 16 #5,733
2007 21 21 #4,634
2006 9 9 #8,635
2005 22 22 #4,194
2004 18 18 #4,788
2003 23 23 #3,835
2001 7 7 #9,213