Kenay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kuh-NAY
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Kenay is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
Where does Kenay come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps from Kenny or Kenai
Is Kenay a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kenay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Kenay, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. It first appears in the records in 2007.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kenay of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Kenay in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
Names like Kenay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Kyaire Brecken Kyden Finnegan Rayden Braylen Cassian Declan Finn Raiden Ronan
Names related to Kenay
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kenay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenay, updated 20 October 2026.