Kenyanna — girls' name
222 babies named Kenyanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
222 girls have been named Kenyanna since 1972, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2011.
- 222
- total births
- 1972–2011
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Kenyanna was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Kenyanna in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenyanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 222 babies named Kenyanna between 1972 and 2011, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kenyanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenyanna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kenyanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kenyanna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenyanna 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 222 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.
Kenyanna at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kenyanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1972
- Peak year (1996)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
222 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 15 births in a single year.
Kenyanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 82 births that decade — 37% of Kenyanna's all-time total
Kenyanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 59 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kenyanna's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Kenyanna by state
Where Kenyanna concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 222 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.