Unisex name · since 1956
Keni
Keni has 259 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,111 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 259
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Keni is the #12111 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 259 recorded since 1956.
Keni has 259 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12111 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2025.
- #17,269 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,111 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 259 born since 1956
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keni ranks #17,269 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,111 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 259 born since 1956, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,111 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 259
- born since 1956
- 1990s
- peak decade
Keni's 259 recorded births place it above 76.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Keni compares
259 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Keni's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Keni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 259 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Keni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keni's full recorded timeline at 1993, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keni popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2025
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 70 years of records
Keni popularity over time - boys
88 total births recorded since 1994 (Keni as boys' name)
Keni by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (58 births, 22% of the file).
1990s was Keni's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Keni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1970s
1970s
31 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 58 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Keni's data
- Keni's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (58 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~69 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1956–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Keni 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 August 2026.