Kenlei
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-lee
- Origin
- English
Kenlei is a girls' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kenlei come from?
English: variant of Kenley, an English place-name surname
Is Kenlei a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenlei is a girls' name.
How popular is Kenlei in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Kenlei in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenlei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
Nicknames for Kenlei
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kenlei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brynlee, Briar, Braelynn, Rynlee, Sevyn, Kinley, Keegan, Keiry, Brynn, Ocean, Kayden
Names related to Kenlei
Kenley, Kenlee, Kenly, Kenli, Kenlie, Kynlei, Kennley, Kenlea
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Kenlei: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenlei, updated 20 October 2026.