Kenechi — boys' name
31 babies named Kenechi in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
31 boys have been named Kenechi since 2005, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2022.
- 31
- total births
- 2005–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Kenechi was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kenechi in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenechi
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Kenechi between 2005 and 2022, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenechi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenechi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 15 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kenechi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenechi 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 31 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.
Kenechi at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kenechi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2005
- Peak year (2017)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
31 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 9 births in a single year.
Kenechi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 15 births that decade — 48% of Kenechi's all-time total
Kenechi decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kenechi's strongest decade
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 2005–2022 (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.