Girls' name · since 2011
Kenzlei
Kenzlei has 154 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,492 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,407 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 154
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kenzlei currently ranks #16407 among girls' names in America, with 154 babies recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenzlei has been recorded 154 times among girls since 2011, currently ranked #16407 nationally and more common than 5% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #22,492 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,407 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 154 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenzlei ranks #22,492 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,407 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 154 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,492 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,407 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 154
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kenzlei's 154 recorded births place it above 68.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kenzlei compares
154 32nd 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
Kenzlei's all-time total is 59% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kenzlei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 154 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kenzlei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kenzlei's full recorded timeline at 2018, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kenzlei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Kenzlei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (86 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Kenzlei's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Kenzlei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
- 2020s
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 86 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kenzlei's data
- Kenzlei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (86 total births) through the 2020s (68) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kenzlei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~14 yrs)
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, 2011–2025 (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 Kenzlei 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.