# Kenza (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kenza/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 887 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 887 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 519, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 4,033 |
| 2012 | 25 | 5,483 |
| 2013 | 40 | 3,817 |
| 2014 | 35 | 4,220 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,888 |
| 2016 | 28 | 4,923 |
| 2017 | 36 | 4,111 |
| 2018 | 40 | 3,762 |
| 2019 | 47 | 3,360 |
| 2020 | 33 | 4,221 |
| 2021 | 47 | 3,368 |
| 2022 | 45 | 3,510 |
| 2023 | 45 | 3,499 |
| 2024 | 54 | 3,033 |
| 2025 | 61 | 2,797 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,387 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,707 |
| 2014 | 21 | 1,456 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,497 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,393 |
| 2019 | 29 | 1,153 |
| 2020 | 35 | 969 |
| 2021 | 35 | 983 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 30 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1,198 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,229 |

## People named Kenza

- Kenza Farah, French-Algerian singer
- Kenza Dali, French footballer
- Kenza Dahmani, Algerian long-distance runner
- Kenza Fortas, French actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.