Given name
Kenjiro
“a smart second son; one who is vigorous”
Kenjiro is a variant of Kenji. One Japanese interpretation is “a smart second son; one who is vigorous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kenjiro is a variant of Kenji. One Japanese interpretation is “a smart second son; one who is vigorous.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kenjiro is a variant of Kenji. An origin associated with Kenji is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kenjiro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 37
- 37 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,013 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,013 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 130 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kenjiro’s family of names
Kenjiro has a related form in Kenji.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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