Girls' name · since 1998
Kenijah
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 113 babies named Kenijah, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 113
- total births
- 1998–2016
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 75%
- born in that decade
113 girls have been named Kenijah since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenijah has been recorded 113 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2016.
- 113 total births
- 1998–2016 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 75% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenijah's 113 recorded births place it above 64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kenijah's full recorded timeline at 2006, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kenijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2016
- Peak year (2007)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Kenijah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kenijah's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Kenijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (75% of all-time use).
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- Kenijah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
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, 1998–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenijah: Baby Name Since 1998 - 113 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenijah. 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 Kenijah 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.