Kenai

What Kenai means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kenai yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,068 in 2015, #710 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kenai?

US: Rising: up from #2068 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4747 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 377 boys got the name (#710 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

• About 1 in 4,531 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 38,848 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (1.33 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.71 per 1,000 boys), ID (0.58 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Kenai is #710 in the US and #2952 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.4% of US babies named Kenai were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kenny155 US · 36 E&W
• Kanai37 US
• Kenay26 US
• Kona15 US
• Kean10 US · 4 E&W
• Kani12 US
• Keno12 US
• Keean10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kenai

Boys

• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*

For a sister

• Aylani#293Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,595 in 2015, #293 in 2025
• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records
• Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Norah#262Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Stella#52“star”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kenai’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.