Kenaz
Boy · KEE-naz · Hebrew
Kenaz is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “hunter”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Kenaz mean?
Hebrew: Biblical name, Hebrew Qenaz
“hunter”
Biblical name: Kenaz is a grandson of Esau in Genesis, and another Kenaz is the father of the judge Othniel.
- Say it
- KEE-naz
Is Kenaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenaz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kenaz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Kenaz, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had more boys named Kenaz than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kenaz in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenaz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
Names like Kenaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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