Keni
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- KEN-ee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Keni is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Keni come from?
Modern: pet form, perhaps of Kenia or Kendra
Is Keni a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Keni has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US.
How popular is Keni in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Keni, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1982, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the girls named Keni in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keni in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
Names like Keni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kodi Kaylee Teagan Keiry Brynlee Codi Kaitlyn Keyla Kayden Cassidy Brynn Kaylynn
Names related to Keni
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, “Keni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keni, updated 20 October 2026.