Girls' name · since 1980
Kenicia
45 babies named Kenicia in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 45
- total births
- 1980–2001
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 64%
- born in that decade
45 girls have been named Kenicia since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenicia has been recorded 45 times among girls since 1980, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2001.
- 45 total births
- 1980–2001 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 64% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenicia's 45 recorded births place it above 50% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenicia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kenicia's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kenicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2001
- Peak year (1990)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Kenicia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kenicia's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Kenicia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 29 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Kenicia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1980–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenicia: Baby Name Since 1980 - 45 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenicia. 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 Kenicia 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.