Kenai
Boy · KEE-ny · Native American
Kenai is a boys' name of Native American origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 710th for boys in the US (377 babies).
What does Kenai mean?
Native American: from the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, named after a Dena'ina people
From Alaska's Kenai Peninsula; Kenai is also the hero of the 2003 Disney film Brother Bear.
- Say it
- KEE-ny
Is Kenai a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 377 boys in the US.
How popular is Kenai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 733% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Kenai, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kenai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Kenai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Kenai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 377about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 162% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 377 boys in the US were named Kenai, making it the 710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,271st. It first appears in the records in 1992. 6 girls were also named Kenai in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kenai of any year since it first appeared, in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Kenai in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 387 boys in the US were given Kenai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #661, up from #710 for this spelling alone.
- Kenai 377
- Keenai 5
- Kenaii 5
Kenai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 377 | #710 |
| 2024 | 327 | #772 |
| 2023 | 235 | #960 |
| 2022 | 202 | #1,078 |
| 2021 | 141 | #1,320 |
| 2020 | 144 | #1,271 |
| 2019 | 122 | #1,432 |
| 2018 | 93 | #1,687 |
| 2017 | 98 | #1,623 |
| 2016 | 82 | #1,828 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,068 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,203 |
| 2013 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 35 | #3,163 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,225 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 52 | #2,204 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Kenai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Finn Ronan Brody Kian Lochlan Aiden Rowan Callan Keegan Finley Conan
Names related to Kenai
Kenan Ken Kean Keoni Kennie Keinan Kanai Keona Kena Kenay Keani
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