girls:
242 births since 1956
#5474 (4th percentile)
boys:
83 births since 1994
#4503 (2nd percentile)
overall:
325 births since 1956
#7414 (4th percentile)
The name Keni is the #7,414 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 325 recorded births since 1956. This represents the 4.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,474 (4.2% percentile) for all time with 242 births since 1956. For boys, it ranks #4,503 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 83 births since 1994.
Keni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1956 (1956 for girls and 1994 for boys). Birth data for Keni is available in 43 out of the 68 years between 1956 and 2023 (37 years for girls and 12 years for boys). 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 Keni has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Keni were girls.
For girls, Keni reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #787) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Keni ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 75.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Keni reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #869) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keni".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Keni", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 6 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Kenny" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kenny..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Keni. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.8% confident that Keni is pronounced as KEH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-nee, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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