girls:
63 births since 2003
#5653 (1st percentile)
boys:
1.7k births since 1992
#3016 (34th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1992
#6003 (22nd percentile)
The name Kenai is the #6,003 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,748 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 22.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,016 (34.2% percentile) for all time with 1,685 births since 1992. For girls, it ranks #5,653 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 63 births since 2003.
Kenai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (1992 for boys and 2003 for girls). Birth data for Kenai is available in 24 out of the 32 years between 1992 and 2023 (24 years for boys and 11 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kenai has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kenai reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 24.9% percentile (ranked #684) with 128 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 128 births per million (ranked 24.9% percentile). Despite a peak around 2008, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Kenai is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #684 (24.9% percentile) with 128 births per million.
For girls, Kenai reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #905) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Kenai ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 81.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenai".
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Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Kenai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 25.0% confident that Kenai is pronounced as KEE-nai, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-nai, at 20.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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