Girls' name · since 1956
Kenetha
87 babies named Kenetha in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 87
- total births
- 1956–1985
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
87 girls have been named Kenetha since 1956, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kenetha recorded 87 times among girls since 1956, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1985.
- 87 total births
- 1956–1985 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 37% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenetha's 87 recorded births place it above 60% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenetha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kenetha splits its recorded history at 1979: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1957 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1956 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kenetha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1985
- Peak year (1956)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kenetha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kenetha's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Kenetha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
25 births
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 32 births (37% of all-time use).
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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, 1956–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenetha: Baby Name Since 1956 - 87 Births, Peak 1956." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenetha. 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 Kenetha 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.