Boys' name · since 1998
Kenyen
Kenyen has 239 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 239
- total births
- 1998–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
Kenyen sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 239 recorded since 1998.
Kenyen has 239 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1998 to 2018.
- 239 total births
- 1998–2018 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 67% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenyen's 239 recorded births place it above 74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenyen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kenyen's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 40% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 60%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 35, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kenyen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2018
- Peak year (2006)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Kenyen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kenyen's strongest decade.
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Kenyen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
160 births
- 2010s
2010s
74 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 160 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Kenyen's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (160 total births) through the 2010s (74) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1998–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenyen: Baby Name Since 1998 - 239 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenyen. 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 Kenyen 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.