Kenza

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kenza: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kenza: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #898, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#898highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#2738
1998	#2165
1999	#3900
2000	#2167
2001	#2226
2002	#2105
2003	#1383
2004	#1535
2005	#1500
2006	#1862
2007	#1741
2008	#1914
2009	#1596
2010	#1653
2011	#1903
2012	#1387
2013	#1707
2014	#1456
2015	#1497
2016	#2367
2017	#1568
2018	#1393
2019	#1153
2020	#969
2021	#983
2022	#1142
2023	#1108
2024	#1198

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1198 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1198 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kenza by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kenza in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	4 of 10	5
2000s	122	10 of 10	12
2010s	196	10 of 10	20
2020sbusiest	157	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 31 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kenza appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #898 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Kenza's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1198	28	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1108	30	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1142	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#983	35	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#969	35	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1153	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1456	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1387	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1535	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #898, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kent · #70, 75y
Kenya · #869, 29y
Kenzi · #377, 26y
Kenzie · #111, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Althea · #898, 28y
Angie · #898, 28y
Ania · #898, 29y
Liah · #898, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Akbar · #898, 29y
Althea · #898, 28y
Angie · #898, 28y
Ania · #898, 29y

Kenza was ranked #898 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kenza and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kenza without appearing here.

Kenza moved ahead of

Pauline Compare
In 2008 they stood at #1914 and #1718 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1596 and #3936.
Susan Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1568 and #1512 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1393 and #3518.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2105 and #4137.
Evan Compare
In 2000 they stood at #3900 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2226 and #3998.

Moved ahead of Kenza

Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1456 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1497 and #1240.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1862 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1741 and #1573.
Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1393 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1153 and #1063.

Moved the opposite way to Kenza

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenza went from #3795 to #1198 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenza went from #3795 to #1198 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenza went from #3795 to #1198 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenza went from #3795 to #1198 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Kenza

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenza went from #3795 to #1198 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenza went from #3795 to #1198 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenza went from #3795 to #1198 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenza went from #3795 to #1198 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #898 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kenza

Kenza at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kenza by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Kenza at a glance

Kenza by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kenza appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kenza

Kenza and the names beside it

Kenza moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kenza

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