Kenshin — #13101 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kenshin

The Social Security Administration has registered 353 babies named Kenshin between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenshin currently holds the #13101 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenshin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 159 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kenshin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kenshin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenshin 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 353 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.