Girls' name · since 2014
Kenz
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 68 babies named Kenz, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,367 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
68 babies have been named Kenz since 2014, making it today's #9367 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Kenz recorded 68 times among girls since 2014, holding rank #9367 nationally today, ahead of 46% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #31,465 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,367 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 68 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenz ranks #31,465 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,367 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 68 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,465 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,367 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kenz's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kenz compares
68 19th 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
Kenz's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kenz | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 68 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kenz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kenz splits its recorded history at 2021: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kenz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Kenz by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (52 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Kenz's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Kenz births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 52 births (76% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kenz: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2014–2025 (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 Kenz 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.