Kenyan — #10072 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kenyan

The Social Security Administration has registered 958 babies named Kenyan between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenyan currently holds the #10072 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenyan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 376 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kenyan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Kenyan in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenyan 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 958 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.