Given name
Kenshin
Kenshin is a masculine given name from Japanese. It is used in Cebuano.
Original Japaneseけんしん
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Kenshin developed from けんしん.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kenshin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 363
- 363 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,964 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −27%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,964 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 26.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 308 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.
Kenshin’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Kenshin developed from the Japanese form けんしん. In Japanese usage, Kenshin is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 憲伸. In Japanese usage, Kenshin is a Roman-alphabet rendering of けんしん.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kenshin
- Uesugi KenshinJapanese daimyo1530–1578
- Kenshin KawakamiJapanese baseball playerborn 1975
- Kenshin YubaJapanese footballerborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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