Girls' name · since 1979
Kenethia
Kenethia has 19 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 19
- total births
- 1979–1981
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
19 girls have been named Kenethia since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenethia has been recorded 19 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1981.
- 19 total births
- 1979–1981 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 53% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenethia's 19 recorded births place it above 35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenethia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kenethia's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1979 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kenethia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1981
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
Kenethia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kenethia's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Kenethia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
9 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (53% 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, 1979–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenethia: Baby Name Since 1979 - 19 Births, Peak 1979." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenethia. 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 Kenethia 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.