Takenya — girls' name
286 babies named Takenya in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Takenya was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Takenya in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Takenya
The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Takenya between 1974 and 2006, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Takenya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Takenya performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Takenya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Takenya 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 286 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.
Takenya at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Takenya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1974
- Peak year (1978)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
286 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 20 births in a single year.
Takenya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 91 births that decade — 32% of Takenya's all-time total
Takenya decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 82 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Takenya's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% 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, 1974–2006 (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.