Kenishia
Kenishia was last recorded in 1997, when 6 babies were given it; 84 Americans have been recorded with it between 1976 and 1997 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kenishia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kenishia?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #12,911, in 1997; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
15 babies in 1991, the peak
Kenishia peaked in 1991, when 15 girls were given it, #6,088 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 | #12,911 | 3.4 |
| 1994 | 5 | #14,531 | 2.8 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,590 | 3.3 |
| 1992 | 6 | #12,511 | 3.3 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,088 | 8.0 |
| 1990 | 12 | #7,088 | 6.3 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,539 | 3.3 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,197 | 2.9 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,673 | 3.6 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,041 | 4.6 |
Every recorded year (12)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5 | #10,361 | 3.3 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,989 | 3.4 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Kenishia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kenishia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 12 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Kenishia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kenishia, and how old are they?
An estimated 81 Americans named Kenishia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names spelled alike
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kenishia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.