Girls' name · since 1994
Kenyah
Kenyah has 415 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 415
- total births
- 1994–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
415 girls have been named Kenyah since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kenyah has 415 recorded births among girls since 1994, 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 1994 to 2023.
- 415 total births
- 1994–2023 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 46% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenyah's 415 recorded births place it above 82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Kenyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kenyah splits its recorded history at 2008: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2020 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kenyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2023
- Peak year (2007)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kenyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kenyah's strongest decade.
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Kenyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 55
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
191 births
- 2010s
2010s
141 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 191 births (46% of all-time use).
Kenyah by state
Where Kenyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 1.2% |
6 of 415 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Kenyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (191 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Kenyahs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
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, 1994–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenyah: Baby Name Since 1994 - 415 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenyah. 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 Kenyah 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.