girls:
3.1k births since 1982
#3120 (45th percentile)
boys:
30 births since 2007
#4556 (1st percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1982
#4863 (37th percentile)
The name Kenzi is the #4,863 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,127 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 37.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,120 (45.4% percentile) for all time with 3,097 births since 1982. For boys, it ranks #4,556 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 30 births since 2007.
Kenzi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (1982 for girls and 2007 for boys).
The name Kenzi has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 93.4% of babies named Kenzi were girls.
For girls, Kenzi reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 21.3% percentile (ranked #733) with 105 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 105 births per million (ranked 21.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kenzi ranks #881 for girls (7.0% percentile) with 41 births per million, which is 38.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kenzi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #911) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Kenzi is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #911 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenzi".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kenzi is pronounced as KEHN-zee, which has 2 syllables.
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