Girls' name · since 2015
Kenayah
Since 2015, U.S. Social Security records show 23 babies named Kenayah, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 23
- total births
- 2015–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
Kenayah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 23 recorded since 2015.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenayah has been recorded 23 times among girls since 2015, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- 23 total births
- 2015–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenayah's 23 recorded births place it above 39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kenayah's full recorded timeline at 2020, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kenayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Kenayah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kenayah's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Kenayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Kenayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2015–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenayah: Baby Name Since 2015 - 23 Births, Peak 2017." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenayah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kenayah 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 July 2026.