Kenza
Girl · KEN-za · Arabic
Kenza is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “treasure”. In 2025 it ranked 1,280th for girls in the UK (26 babies) and 2,778th for girls in the US (61 babies).
What does Kenza mean?
Arabic: from Arabic kanz, treasure
“treasure”
From Arabic kanz, treasure; Kenza al-Awrabiyya, a Berber noblewoman, was the mother of Idris II of Morocco.
- Say it
- KEN-za
Is Kenza a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the UK and 61 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kenza in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,280among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were named Kenza, making it the 1,280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 36 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Kenza than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Kenza in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales.
Kenza in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,280 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 32 | #1,125 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 35 | #1,054 |
| 2020 | 36 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Kenza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,778among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 61about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 61 girls in the US were named Kenza, making it the 2,778th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had the most girls named Kenza of any year since it first appeared, in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Kenza in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,778 |
| 2024 | 54 | #3,013 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 45 | #3,469 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 47 | #3,336 |
| 2018 | 40 | #3,738 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,841 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
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