Kenzo

What Kenzo means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,740 in 2015, #628 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kenzo?

US: Rising: up from #1740 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1046 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 596 boys got the name (#505 that year). First in the US records in 1920.

How common

• About 1 in 3,838 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland 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 HI (2.06 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.89 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.7 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kenzo is #628 in the US and #507 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kenzo were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kenzai42 US · 4 E&W
• Kenaz8 US
• Kenzy0 US · 3 E&W

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 Kenzo

Boys

• Kenji#943Editor’s note Up from #1,406 in 2015 to #943 in 2025 in the US
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Kairo#226Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 6 babies
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• River#111From the word “river”^*

For a sister

• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Aya#644Editor’s note Up from #892 in 2015 to #644 in 2025 in the US
• Yuna#950Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1983, with 5 babies
• Kiyomi#764Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,092 in 2015, #764 in 2025
• Akira#983Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 6 babies
• Journee#258Editor’s note 1,198 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales

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