Girls' name · since 2001
Kenaya
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 81 babies named Kenaya, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,171 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 81
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kenaya is the #8171 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 81 recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Kenaya recorded 81 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #8171 nationally today, ahead of 53% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #29,494 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,171 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 81 born since 2001
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenaya ranks #29,494 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,171 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 81 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,494 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,171 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 81
- born since 2001
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kenaya's 81 recorded births place it above 59.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kenaya compares
81 22nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kenaya's all-time total is 78% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kenaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 81 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kenaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kenaya splits its recorded history at 2009: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kenaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Kenaya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (39 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Kenaya's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Kenaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 39 births (48% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kenaya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.