Kenay — #4286 US boys' name
146 babies named Kenay in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Kenay was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Kenay in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenay
The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Kenay between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenay currently holds the #4286 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenay performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kenay shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kenay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenay 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 146 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.
Kenay at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Kenay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2024)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #4286 among boys.
146 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 25 births in a single year.
Kenay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 81 births that decade — 55% of Kenay's all-time total
Kenay decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kenay's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Kenay by state
Where Kenay concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 8 | 5.5% |
8 of 146 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 5.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 5.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2007–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.