Is Kenai a boy or girl name?

Kenai is a boy’s name. Of the 2,465 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 3.0% were girls and 97.0% were boys.

Kenai

Recorded 1992–2025 · United States

Kenai was most popular in 2025, when 383 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,418 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,418, with 383 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,465 people named Kenai.

Kenai over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kenai’s peak in 2025. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kenai a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kenai is a boy’s name — 3.0% of the 2,465 Americans given it were girls and 97.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kenai

Where Kenai is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org