Kenza
Kenza is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Kenza
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kenza is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Kenza
Kenza first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1987, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 56 births, good for #2,952 nationwide. About 38% of every Kenza on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kenza ranks #2,952 for baby girls with 56 births, rising sharply (+25% over the past five years). All told, over 936 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kenza
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About the name Kenza
Kenza is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 936 births in the dataset. Kenza's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #2,952. Use the chart and map above to compare Kenza'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.