Unisex name · since 1982
Kennyatta
Since 1982, U.S. Social Security records show 10 babies named Kennyatta, peaking in 1982. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 10
- total births
- 1982–1993
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Kennyatta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1982.
Kennyatta has 10 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1993.
- 10 total births
- 1982–1993 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kennyatta's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kennyatta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kennyatta's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded.
Kennyatta popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1993
- Peak year (1982)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Kennyatta popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1975 (Kennyatta as boys' name)
Kennyatta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Kennyatta's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kennyatta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Kennyatta's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1982–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kennyatta: Baby Name Since 1982 - 10 Births, Peak 1982." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kennyatta. 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 Kennyatta 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.