Keenya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Keenya

The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Keenya between 1967 and 2010, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Keenya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Keenya performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Keenya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Keenya in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Keenya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 280 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.