Kenji

maleStatistical record

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

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

Kenji: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #1,534, and it stood at #2,443 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1534highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2000	#3036
2001	#3134
2005	#3208
2008	#4432
2009	#4527
2010	#1801
2011	#3300
2012	#2270
2013	#2660
2014	#2964
2015	#3004
2016	#2175
2017	#4812
2018	#3412
2019	#2488
2020	#1723
2021	#2125
2022	#1534
2023	#1906
2024	#2443

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1534 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2443 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kenji by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Kenji in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	16	5 of 10	3
2010s	71	10 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	60	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

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

Kenji appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1534 in England and Wales in 2022.

Kenji'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	male	#2443	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1534	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1723	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2964	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1801	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,534, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
17 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,443position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2022Under 25 births →

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.

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Kenley · #1241, 16y
Kenna · #431, 26y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Aurelio · #1534, 16y
Marcellus · #1534, 19y
Rakan · #1534, 20y
Shia · #1534, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Marcellus · #1534, 19y
Tanay · #1534, 25y
Callista · #1535, 23y
Fatou · #1535, 28y

Kenji 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 Kenji without appearing here.

Kenji moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3412 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1723 and #4608.
Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3134 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1801 and #4678.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1906 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2443 and #5119.
Brooke Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #2488 and #4702.

Moved the opposite way to Kenji

Brent Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenji went from #2859 to #1534 while Brent went from #725 to #3449.
Tor Compare
Between 1997 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenji went from #2859 to #1534 while Tor went from #1578 to #3449.
Ole Compare
Between 2000 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenji went from #3036 to #1534 while Ole went from #3036 to #4789.

Moved the same way as Kenji

Aksel Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenji went from #4432 to #2443 and Aksel from #3158 to #1132.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1534 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kenji

Kenji at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kenji by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kenji appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Kenji and the names beside it

Kenji moved ahead of

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Kenji at a glance

Kenji by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kenji appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Kenji and the names beside it

Kenji moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Kenji

Moved the same way as Kenji