Girls' name · since 1986

Kenyeta

10 babies named Kenyeta in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

10
total births
1986–1988
years on record
1980s
peak decade
100%
born in that decade

Kenyeta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1986.

Kenyeta has 10 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 1988.

  • 10 total births
  • 1986–1988 years on record
  • 1980s peak decade
  • 100% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Kenyeta's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Kenyeta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Kenyeta splits its recorded history at 1988: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births).

Kenyeta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1988

Last recorded 1988
Peak year (1986)
5
Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
5 19861988 5

Kenyeta by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1980s was Kenyeta's strongest decade.

10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Kenyeta births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kenyeta?
Kenyeta has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 1986, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1988. 5 babies were born in 1986, its single highest year.
When was Kenyeta most popular?
Kenyeta was most popular in the 1980s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1986.
How long has the name Kenyeta been used?
Kenyeta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1986, spanning 3 years of data through 1988.
What names are similar to Kenyeta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kendra, Kennedy, Kendall, Kenya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1986–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Kenyeta: Baby Name Since 1986 - 10 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenyeta. 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 Kenyeta 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.