Kenzi

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Kenzi: Recorded since 1998, it reached #377 in 2005, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#377highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2022

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3848
2000	#3247
2001	#3262
2002	#2301
2003	#2727
2004	#2530
2005	#2084
2006	#2781
2007	#2233
2008	#2721
2009	#3422
2011	#2636
2012	#1583
2013	#2313
2014	#2314
2015	#2705
2016	#1834
2017	#2201
2018	#2499
2019	#3541
2020	#5493
2021	#2711
2022	#2673

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 23 of the 25 years from 1998 to 2022.

In 2019: #871 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3541 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3848 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — 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 #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kenzi appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 196 births with the name.

Kenzi across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kenzi's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3848 (1998)	#1583 (2012)	#2673 (2022)	23 of 25	196 (1998–2022)	19 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#1377 (2005)	#1099 (2009)	#5119 (2024)	18 of 20	160 (2005–2024)	23 (2009)

Kenzi 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 Kenzi in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	69	10 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	103	9 of 10	11
2020s	21	3 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Kenzi 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 3 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #377 in Northern Ireland in 2005.

Kenzi'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1834	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1583	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1344	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1099	23	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1242	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2023	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #377, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 21 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.

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Kenza · #898, 29y
Kenzie · #111, 30y
Kenzo · #418, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Anastacia · #377, 21y
Myia · #377, 21y
Nyah · #377, 26y
Shana · #377, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anna-Marie · #377, 20y
Macsen · #377, 29y
Myia · #377, 21y
Nyah · #377, 26y

Kenzi was ranked #377 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2005. 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.

Kenzi 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 Kenzi without appearing here.

Kenzi moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #5669.
Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #5669.
Josefine Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #5669.
Denise Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5493 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Kenzi

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #4107 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #2443.
Ellinor Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.

Moved the opposite way to Kenzi

Albie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenzi went from #1377 to #5119 while Albie went from #426 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenzi went from #1377 to #5119 while Alfred went from #166 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenzi went from #1377 to #5119 while Archie went from #38 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenzi went from #1377 to #5119 while Arlo went from #766 to #15.

Moved the same way as Kenzi

Evan Compare
Between 1998 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenzi went from #3848 to #5493 and Evan from #2407 to #3899.
Geraldine Compare
Between 1998 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenzi went from #3848 to #5493 and Geraldine from #1076 to #5493.
Kristin Compare
Between 1998 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenzi went from #3848 to #5493 and Kristin from #1122 to #5493.
Kristine Compare
Between 1998 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenzi went from #3848 to #5493 and Kristine from #2407 to #5493.

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 3 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #377 in Northern Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kenzi

Kenzi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kenzi across 2 official records

Kenzi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Kenzi across 2 official records

Kenzi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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