Keni
The Story of Keni
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Keni as a girl name dates back to 1956, when 5 babies received it. 1982 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Keni — #5,910 in the national rankings. About 23% of every Keni on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Keni last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 252 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Keni as a boy name dates back to 1994, when 7 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Keni — #6,903 in the national rankings. About 63% of every Keni on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Keni last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 88 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Keni
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About the name Keni
Keni is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 252 births in the dataset. Keni's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #5,910. Use the chart and map above to compare Keni's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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