Girls' name · since 1956
Kennita
157 babies named Kennita in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 157
- total births
- 1956–1994
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
Kennita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 157 recorded since 1956.
Social Security Administration records show Kennita recorded 157 times among girls since 1956, 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 1956 to 1994.
- 157 total births
- 1956–1994 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 45% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kennita's 157 recorded births place it above 69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kennita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kennita splits its recorded history at 1980: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1961 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kennita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1994
- Peak year (1977)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Kennita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kennita's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Kennita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
- 1980s
1980s
70 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 70 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Kennita's decade-level peak was the 1980s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1990s -- 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, 1956–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kennita: Baby Name Since 1956 - 157 Births, Peak 1977." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kennita. 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 Kennita 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.