Keniel — #8081 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Keniel

The Social Security Administration has registered 362 babies named Keniel between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Keniel currently holds the #8081 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keniel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 231 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Keniel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 69 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Keniel in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keniel 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 362 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.