Kenesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kenesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 986 babies named Kenesha between 1975 and 2006, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kenesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 442 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kenesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kenesha in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenesha 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 986 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.