Girls' name · since 1972
Kenyanna
Kenyanna has 222 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 222
- total births
- 1972–2011
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
222 girls have been named Kenyanna since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kenyanna has 222 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2011.
- 222 total births
- 1972–2011 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 37% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenyanna's 222 recorded births place it above 74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Kenyanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kenyanna's full recorded timeline at 1995, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1996 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kenyanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2011
- Peak year (1996)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Kenyanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kenyanna's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Kenyanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
- 1990s
1990s
82 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 82 births (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.
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- Kenyanna's decade-level peak was the 1990s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Kenyannas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
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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, 1972–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenyanna: Baby Name Since 1972 - 222 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenyanna. 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 Kenyanna 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.