Kenichi — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kenichi

The Social Security Administration has registered 281 babies named Kenichi between 1915 and 2019, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenichi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenichi performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 112 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kenichi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 104 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kenichi in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenichi 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 281 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.