The baby name Kenichi is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced KEN-ee-chee (Japanese IPA: /ke.ni.tɕi/).
Kenichi is Japanese in Origin.
The baby name Kenichi is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced KEN-ee-chee (Japanese IPA: /ke.ni.tɕi/).
Kenichi is Japanese in Origin.
Kenichi is a masculine Japanese given name, read ken-ichi, formed from Ken + Ichi. The meaning depends on the kanji: 健一 “healthy, robust + one,” 賢一 “wise + one,” 憲一 “law/constitution + one,” 建一 “build/found + one,” among others; 一 (ichi) can denote “first” or “best,” often signaling a firstborn son. It may be written in kanji, hiragana, or katakana. Common nicknames include Ken; an apostrophe in Hepburn (Ken’ichi) clarifies the mora break between n and i, though Kenichi without it is widespread.
Compound -ichi names flourished from the Meiji through Shōwa eras, so Kenichi feels classic in Japan and the diaspora, now less frequent for newborns but consistently recognized. Notable bearers include Nobel laureate chemist Kenichi Fukui and actor Kenichi Matsuyama, reinforcing scholarly and artistic associations. Variants and related forms include Ken’ichi/Ken-ichi (romanization), plus parallel “Ken-” names such as Kenji, Kenta, and Kenshin.
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Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Boys | 0 | #48 | 403 | 7,909 |
| JP | 0 | #54 | 24 | 4,057 | |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #253 | 4 | 7,111 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #262 | 2 | 7,056 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #361 | 1 | 8,138 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #405 | 4 | 11,440 |
| CL | 0 | #433 | 2 | 6,867 | |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #482 | 2 | 7,628 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #498 | 2 | 7,625 |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #504 | 2 | 9,305 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #518 | 10 | 12,905 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #523 | 4 | 12,621 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #541 | 1 | 7,500 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #618 | 5 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #672 | 26 | 17,960 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #698 | 3 | 13,390 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Boys | 2019 | #886 | 6 | 7,235 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #920 | 7 | 14,506 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #976 | 6 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,027 | 7 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,083 | 29 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,460 | 12 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Kenichi is popular in 38 countries — most recent births per country:
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