Given name

Kenlei

Kenlei is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Kenlei isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kenlei through the years

Babies since 1880
187
0 boys · 187 girls
Most popular year
2014
19 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−46%
Cooling
0510152025Highest share 20140.0
Kenlei in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2008–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 2014.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

KenleiKenley

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Kenlei, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Kinnidy

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Kekeli

11Very rare

14% boys · 86% girls

Modern

Karai

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Kenah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Cahri

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Corniya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ellsa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kenlei’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Kenlei

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