Is Kenzi a boy or girl name?

Kenzi is a girl’s name. Of the 3,246 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 98.8% were girls and 1.2% were boys.

Kenzi

Recorded 1982–2025 · United States

Kenzi was most popular in 2013, when 208 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,085 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,826, with 47 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,246 people named Kenzi.

Kenzi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kenzi’s peak in 2013. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kenzi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kenzi is a girl’s name — 98.8% of the 3,246 Americans given it were girls and 1.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 98% girls and 2% 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 Kenzi

Where Kenzi 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