Unisex name · since 1952
Kenya
Kenya has 25,412 recorded births since 1952 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #919 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,494 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25,412
- born since 1952
- 1970s
- peak decade
25,412 babies have been named Kenya since 1952, making it today's #2494 unisex name.
Kenya has 25,412 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2494 as of the latest data, more common than 86% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 2025.
- #919 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,494 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 25,412 born since 1952
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenya ranks #919 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,494 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 25,412 born since 1952, peaking in the 1970s.
- #919 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,494 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 25,412
- born since 1952
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kenya's 25,412 recorded births place it above 98.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kenya compares
25,412 Top 6% higher than 94% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kenya's all-time total is 68x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kenya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 25,412 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 894 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kenya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kenya's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1952, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1973 peak of 894, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kenya popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–2025
- Peak year (1973)
- 894
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Kenya popularity over time - boys
2,141 total births recorded since 1964 (Kenya as boys' name)
Kenya by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (6,502 births, 26% of the file).
1970s was Kenya's strongest decade.
6,502 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Kenya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 89
1950s
89 births
- 1960s 691
1960s
691 births
- 1970s
1970s
6,502 births
- 1980s
1980s
3,440 births
- 1990s
1990s
5,220 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,069 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,553 births
- 2020s 848
2020s
848 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6,502 births (26% of all-time use).
How Kenya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kenya's total volume
Kenya by state
Where Kenya concentrates geographically, total births since 1952
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,976 | 11.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,178 | 8.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,869 | 7.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,601 | 6.3% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 1,483 | 5.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 1,445 | 5.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 1,144 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 845 | 3.3% |
2,976 of 25,412 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Kenya appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kenya's data
- Kenya's decade-level peak was the 1970s (6,502 total births); usage has since declined to 848 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kenyas (2,976 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Kenya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1952–2025 (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 Kenya 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.