Kenechi

Popularity Trends

The name Kenechi is the #7,708 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 31 recorded births since 2005. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,555 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 31 births since 2005.

Kenechi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2005 (first recorded for boys in 2005). Birth data for Kenechi is available in 5 out of the 18 years between 2005 and 2022. 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.

For boys, Kenechi reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #910) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenechi".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

2017

First Recorded

2005

Peak Percentile

0.4%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#910

Current Rank

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Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kenechi", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Kenechi.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Kenechi's popularity from 2005 to 2022 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Kenechi at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Kenechi range from Rockston at 86.5% correlation to Ayato at 77.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 80.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Ezmariah with 35 births (100% girls) and the least popular is Dimitrije with 15 births (100% boys).

Kenechi's share of births peaked at 4.5 births per million for boys in 2017. It reached its lowest point of 2.7 births per million (59% of peak) in 2022. In 2022, the most recent period with data, the name Kenechi had 2.7 births per million, 59% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

86.50% (very strong)

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81.78% (very strong)

81.19% (very strong)

80.22% (very strong)

78.43% (strong)

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77.72% (strong)

77.54% (strong)

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77.06% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Kenechi

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kenechi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 67.7% confident that Kenechi is pronounced as keh-NEH-chee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-neh-chee, at 16.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.

keh-NEH-chee

67.7%

KEH-neh-chee

16.1%

kee-NEH-chee

16.1%

keh-NEH-chee (3 syllables)

67.7% confidence

K EH0 N EH1 CH IY0

KEH-neh-chee (3 syllables)

16.1% confidence

K EH1 N EH0 CH IY0

kee-NEH-chee (3 syllables)

16.1% confidence

K IY0 N EH1 CH IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Kenechi? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Kenechi. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Kenechi, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like K EH0 N EH1 CH IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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