Kenai — #772 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kenai

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,013 babies named Kenai between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenai currently holds the #772 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 327 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenai performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,048 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kenai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 186 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kenai in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenai in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,013 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.