Girls' name · since 1990
Kenysha
38 babies named Kenysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 38
- total births
- 1990–2007
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 87%
- born in that decade
Kenysha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 38 recorded since 1990.
Social Security Administration records show Kenysha recorded 38 times among girls since 1990, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2007.
- 38 total births
- 1990–2007 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 87% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kenysha's 38 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kenysha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kenysha's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kenysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2007
- Peak year (1999)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Kenysha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Kenysha's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Kenysha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
33 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 33 births (87% of all-time use).
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- Kenysha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1990–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kenysha: Baby Name Since 1990 - 38 Births, Peak 1999." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kenysha. 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 Kenysha 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.