Recorded 1999–2015 Girls' name Peak 2004 174 births

Kenniya — girls' name

174 babies named Kenniya in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

174 girls have been named Kenniya since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2015.

174
total births
1999–2015
years on record
2000s
peak decade
60%
born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Kenniya was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

18 babies were named Kenniya in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kenniya

The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Kenniya between 1999 and 2015, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kenniya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenniya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kenniya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenniya 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 174 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.

Kenniya at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

174

Since 1999

17 years of records

Peak year

2004

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1999

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2015

Kenniya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1999

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2004)
18
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
05101520 201520132011200920072005200320001999 8

Kenniya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
104 births that decade — 60% of Kenniya's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kenniya?
174 babies have been named Kenniya since 1999. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2004 with 18 births.
When was Kenniya most popular?
Kenniya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 104 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Kenniya been used?
Kenniya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 17 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Kenniya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kendra, Kennedy, Kendall, Kenya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1999–2015 (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.