Kennesha — girls' name
366 babies named Kennesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Kennesha was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Kennesha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kennesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 366 babies named Kennesha between 1976 and 2006, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kennesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kennesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kennesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kennesha in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kennesha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 366 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kennesha at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kennesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1976
- Peak year (1990)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
366 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 26 births in a single year.
Kennesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 172 births that decade — 47% of Kennesha's all-time total
Kennesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 172 births
- Runner-up 127 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kennesha's strongest decade
172 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Kennesha by state
Where Kennesha concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.6% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.4% |
6 of 366 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.4% of nationwide
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
- Virginia 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.