Kenyen — boys' name
239 babies named Kenyen in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
239 boys have been named Kenyen since 1998, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 239
- total births
- 1998–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Kenyen was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Kenyen in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenyen
The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Kenyen between 1998 and 2018, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenyen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenyen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kenyen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenyen 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 239 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.
Kenyen at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kenyen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1998
- Peak year (2006)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
239 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 35 births in a single year.
Kenyen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 160 births that decade — 67% of Kenyen's all-time total
Kenyen decade highlights
- Peak decade 160 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kenyen's strongest decade
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1998–2018 (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.