Kenyota — unisex name
26 babies named Kenyota in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Kenyota was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kenyota in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kenyota
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Kenyota between 1983 and 1990, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kenyota currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Kenyota is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenyota performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kenyota shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kenyota 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 26 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.
Kenyota at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kenyota popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1983
- Peak year (1990)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
26 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 8 births in a single year.
Kenyota popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1975 (Kenyota as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kenyota accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kenyota by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 18 births that decade — 69% of Kenyota's all-time total
Kenyota decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kenyota's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% 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, 1983–1990 (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.