Given name
Kenyi
“a son born after daughters”
Kenyi is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “a son born after daughters.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a son born after daughters.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kenyi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 25 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,966 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,966 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kenyi’s family of names
Kenyi has a related form in Kenyea. Kenyi has a related form in Kenyee. Kenyi has a related form in Kenyey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Kenyi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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