Kenji Popularity by Year
Follow Kenji across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kenji birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 249 | #943 | Down 89 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 284 | #854 | Down 27 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 296 | #827 | Down 73 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 337 | #754 | Up 91 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 281 | #845 | Up 65 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 245 | #910 | Up 308 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 156 | #1,218 | Up 76 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 141 | #1,294 | Up 20 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 137 | #1,314 | Up 85 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 125 | #1,399 | Up 7 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 122 | #1,406 | Up 213 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 96 | #1,619 | Down 267 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 125 | #1,352 | Up 7 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 124 | #1,359 | Down 161 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 147 | #1,198 | Up 201 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 119 | #1,399 | Down 251 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 159 | #1,148 | Up 63 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 7 | #13,704 | Up 1,728 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 145 | #1,211 | Up 266 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 108 | #1,477 | Up 42 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 99 | #1,519 | Up 233 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 75 | #1,752 | Up 237 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 60 | #1,989 | Down 53 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 60 | #1,936 | Down 48 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 59 | #1,888 | Down 259 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 5 | #15,432 | Down 8,014 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 72 | #1,629 | Up 339 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 52 | #1,968 | Down 190 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 56 | #1,778 | Down 193 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 66 | #1,585 | Up 439 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 44 | #2,024 | Down 7 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 43 | #2,017 | Down 369 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 55 | #1,648 | Up 1,037 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 27 | #2,685 | Down 230 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 30 | #2,455 | Down 453 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 39 | #2,002 | Up 225 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 32 | #2,227 | Up 28 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 31 | #2,255 | Up 161 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 27 | #2,416 | Down 219 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 28 | #2,197 | Up 271 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 22 | #2,468 | Down 677 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 34 | #1,791 | Up 125 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 30 | #1,916 | Down 260 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 35 | #1,656 | Up 249 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 28 | #1,905 | Down 490 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 45 | #1,415 | Up 105 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 40 | #1,520 | Down 441 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 70 | #1,079 | Down 114 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 8 | #7,418 | Up 231 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 84 | #965 | Down 216 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 128 | #749 | Up 409 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 7 | #7,649 | Up 335 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 57 | #1,158 | Up 715 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 26 | #1,873 | Down 38 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 26 | #1,835 | Down 3 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 6 | #7,984 | — |
| 1974 | Boys | 25 | #1,832 | Down 179 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 28 | #1,653 | Up 313 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 21 | #1,966 | Up 160 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 19 | #2,126 | Up 167 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 16 | #2,293 | Down 247 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 17 | #2,046 | Down 84 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 17 | #1,962 | Up 280 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 13 | #2,242 | Up 223 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 11 | #2,465 | Up 315 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 9 | #2,780 | Up 270 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 8 | #3,050 | Up 268 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 7 | #3,318 | Down 13 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 7 | #3,305 | Up 51 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 7 | #3,356 | Down 279 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 8 | #3,077 | Up 542 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 6 | #3,619 | Down 344 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 7 | #3,275 | Up 667 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 5 | #3,942 | Down 1,309 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 8 | #2,633 | Up 331 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 7 | #2,964 | Down 293 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 8 | #2,671 | Down 512 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 11 | #2,159 | Up 320 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 9 | #2,479 | Down 391 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 12 | #2,088 | Up 1,059 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 6 | #3,147 | Down 751 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 10 | #2,396 | Up 167 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 9 | #2,563 | Down 470 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 12 | #2,093 | Up 1,268 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 6 | #3,361 | Down 890 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 10 | #2,471 | Down 27 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 11 | #2,444 | Down 713 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 19 | #1,731 | Up 171 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 17 | #1,902 | Up 132 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 16 | #2,034 | Down 53 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 16 | #1,981 | Down 621 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 29 | #1,360 | Up 416 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 20 | #1,776 | Down 225 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 24 | #1,551 | Down 218 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 30 | #1,333 | Up 819 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 15 | #2,152 | Down 736 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 27 | #1,416 | Up 115 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 23 | #1,531 | Up 374 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 17 | #1,905 | Up 81 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 15 | #1,986 | Up 557 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 10 | #2,543 | Up 849 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 6 | #3,392 | Down 1,121 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 9 | #2,271 | Up 550 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 5 | #2,821 | — |