Girls' name · since 2000
Keniah
Keniah has 231 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 231
- total births
- 2000–2022
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
Keniah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 231 have been recorded since 2000.
Keniah has 231 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2022.
- 231 total births
- 2000–2022 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Keniah's 231 recorded births place it above 75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Keniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Keniah's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 32% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 68%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Keniah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2022
- Peak year (2006)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Keniah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Keniah's strongest decade.
145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Keniah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
145 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 145 births (63% of all-time use).
Keniah by state
Where Keniah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 231 births nationwide.
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- Keniah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (145 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Keniahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
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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, 2000–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Keniah: Baby Name Since 2000 - 231 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/keniah. 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 Keniah 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.