Girls' name · since 1972
Kenitra
319 babies named Kenitra in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 319
- total births
- 1972–2000
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
Kenitra is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 319 have been recorded since 1972.
Social Security Administration records show Kenitra recorded 319 times among girls since 1972, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2000.
- 319 total births
- 1972–2000 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 41% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenitra's 319 recorded births place it above 79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenitra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kenitra's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kenitra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2000
- Peak year (1990)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Kenitra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kenitra's strongest decade.
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kenitra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
107 births
- 1980s
1980s
132 births
- 1990s
1990s
74 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 132 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Kenitra's decade-level peak was the 1980s (132 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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, 1972–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenitra: Baby Name Since 1972 - 319 Births, Peak 1990." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenitra. 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 Kenitra 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.