Kenzi — #2782 US girls' name
3,159 babies named Kenzi in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Kenzi was born in this single decade.
203 babies were named Kenzi in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenzi
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,159 babies named Kenzi between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kenzi currently holds the #2782 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 203 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenzi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,571 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kenzi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 303 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kenzi in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenzi 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 3,159 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.
Kenzi at a glance
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Current rank
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Kenzi popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1982
- Peak year (2013)
- 203
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
Currently ranks #2782 among girls.
3,159 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 203 births in a single year.
Kenzi popularity over time — boys
38 total births recorded since 2007 (Kenzi as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kenzi accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kenzi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,571 births that decade — 50% of Kenzi's all-time total
Kenzi decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,571 births
- Runner-up 690 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kenzi's strongest decade
1,571 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Kenzi by state
Where Kenzi concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 303 | 9.6% |
| #2 | California | | 168 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 89 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 83 | 2.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 75 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 74 | 2.3% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 63 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 58 | 1.8% |
303 of 3,159 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.6% of nationwide
- California 5.3% of nationwide
- Florida 2.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.6% of nationwide
- New York 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kenzi appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.