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Kenichi

boy name
Origin
Japanese
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

healthy and strong, with ichi meaning one

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kenichi has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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Popularity in Brazil

64 people · the #56,233 first name in Brazil · median age 67

1940s

Among people named Kenichi living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Kenichi

Most people given the name Kenichi in the United States were born between 1980 and 2019. The Kenichi you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Kenichi

Kiyoshi Koichi Takashi Kazumi Katsumi Kazuki

The Kenichi deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Kenichi truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Kenichi fits with your family’s names and surname.

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