Kenethia — girls' name
19 babies named Kenethia in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
19 girls have been named Kenethia since 1979, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1981.
- 19
- total births
- 1979–1981
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Kenethia was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kenethia in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenethia
The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Kenethia between 1979 and 1981, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kenethia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenethia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kenethia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenethia 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 19 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.
Kenethia at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kenethia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
19 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 9 births in a single year.
Kenethia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 10 births that decade — 53% of Kenethia's all-time total
Kenethia decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kenethia's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.