Girls' name · peaked in 2014
Kenzie name popularity since 1925
21,863 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kenzie (97.8% girls, 2.2% boys). Half of them were born in 2012 or earlier, so the typical Kenzie is about 14 years old in 2026. Kenzie peaked in 2014 as the #245 name for girls, and it ranked #736 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,863
- Named Kenzie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #736
- for girls in 2025 (371 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 97.8% girls
- 21,391 girls · 472 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.78× its national share
Peak year is the year Kenzie made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kenzie births per year, 1925–2025
2014 was the biggest year for Kenzie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1993 and 1998, Kenzie became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 12,000 baby girls to 1 in 5,630.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 56%, from 1 in 1,920 to 1 in 4,330.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kenzie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kenzie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kenzie in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 11 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 40 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 15 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 77 | 38 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 439 | 65 | #2,679 |
| 1990s | 2,145 | 81 | #984 |
| 2000s | 4,923 | 110 | #572 |
| 2010s | 10,319 | 63 | #275 |
| 2020–25 | 3,488 | 43 | #736 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
49.4% of babies named Kenzie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Kenzie is most popular
The index compares Kenzie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kenzie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.78× | 471 |
| Oklahoma | 1.69× | 439 |
| Kansas | 1.61× | 326 |
| Arkansas | 1.57× | 321 |
| Arizona | 1.57× | 404 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kenzie and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kenzie (this page) | 21,391 | 2014 |
| Kenzi | 3,208 | 2013 |
| Kensie | 1,051 | 2012 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kenzie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kenzie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kenzie (2014).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data