Girls' name · since 2001
Kenniyah
144 babies named Kenniyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,206 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kenniyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 144 have been recorded since 2001.
Kenniyah has 144 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2024.
- #23,206 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 144 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenniyah ranks #23,206 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,206 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kenniyah's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Kenniyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kenniyah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kenniyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2024
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Kenniyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (70 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Kenniyah's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Kenniyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 70 births (49% of all-time use).
Kenniyah by state
Where Kenniyah concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 6 | 4.2% |
6 of 144 births nationwide.
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What to do with Kenniyah's data
- Kenniyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Kenniyahs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kenniyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Kenniyah 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 August 2026.