Kenechukwu — #6985 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kenechukwu

The Social Security Administration has registered 318 babies named Kenechukwu between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenechukwu currently holds the #6985 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenechukwu performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kenechukwu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kenechukwu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenechukwu 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 318 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.