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Kenji

Rank in 2024
#853
Born in 2024
283
Peak year
2022 · #755
Origin
Japanese

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 283 boys were named Kenji, about 1 in every 6,061.
  • It peaked in 2022 with 336 babies, ranked #755.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1913.
  • 5,373 boys have been named Kenji since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Kenji per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Silent
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 262 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 155 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 55 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 567 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 546 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,445 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,343 babies, 0.11 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Japanese けんじ (Kenji).

  • A male given name from Japanese.
Origin
Japanese
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Kenji, CC BY-SA 4.0.