# Kenzo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kenzo/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Japanese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,695 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,690 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,021, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese けんぞう (Kenzō).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | 16,815 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 101 | 1,562 |
| 2012 | 88 | 1,722 |
| 2013 | 91 | 1,666 |
| 2014 | 87 | 1,740 |
| 2015 | 88 | 1,747 |
| 2016 | 103 | 1,593 |
| 2017 | 159 | 1,179 |
| 2018 | 249 | 878 |
| 2019 | 335 | 727 |
| 2020 | 519 | 548 |
| 2021 | 556 | 530 |
| 2022 | 596 | 505 |
| 2023 | 452 | 621 |
| 2024 | 487 | 586 |
| 2025 | 445 | 630 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 929 |
| 2012 | 38 | 821 |
| 2013 | 38 | 804 |
| 2014 | 33 | 889 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,022 |
| 2017 | 38 | 833 |
| 2018 | 75 | 520 |
| 2019 | 64 | 582 |
| 2020 | 82 | 475 |
| 2021 | 98 | 425 |
| 2022 | 91 | 444 |
| 2023 | 86 | 464 |
| 2024 | 81 | 486 |
| 2025 | 76 | 507 |

## People named Kenzo

- Kenzo Goudmijn, association football player
- Kenzō Masaoka, animator from Japan

## 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.