Boys' name · since 2005
Kenechi
Kenechi has 31 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 31
- total births
- 2005–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
31 boys have been named Kenechi since 2005, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenechi has been recorded 31 times among boys since 2005, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2022.
- 31 total births
- 2005–2022 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenechi's 31 recorded births place it above 43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenechi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kenechi splits its recorded history at 2017: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kenechi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2022
- Peak year (2017)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Kenechi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kenechi's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kenechi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 15 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Kenechi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenechi: Baby Name Since 2005 - 31 Births, Peak 2017." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenechi. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kenechi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.