Kengo is a boy's name of Japanese origin meaning “that they have earned the sword of that school.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Kengo belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “that they have earned the sword of that school” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kengo first appears in Social Security records in 1920. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4642 in 1920, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 71 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kengo means “that they have earned the sword of that school” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kengo is a boy name.
Kengo comes from the Japanese tradition.
Kengo first appears in US records in 1920. Its best-ever ranking was #4642 in 1920, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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