Girls' name · since 1974
Kenyia
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 103 babies named Kenyia, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 103
- total births
- 1974–2017
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Kenyia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 103 recorded since 1974.
Kenyia has 103 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1974 to 2017.
- 103 total births
- 1974–2017 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenyia's 103 recorded births place it above 63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenyia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kenyia's full recorded timeline at 2005, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kenyia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2017
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Kenyia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kenyia's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Kenyia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 48 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Kenyia's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 2010s (28) -- 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, 1974–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenyia: Baby Name Since 1974 - 103 Births, Peak 2007." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenyia. 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 Kenyia 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.