Kennya
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 636since 1975
Kennya over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kennya has never cracked the top 4,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 |
| 2005 | #5,800 | 21 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 |
| 2002 | #4,280 | 29 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 |
| 1994 | #5,713 | 16 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
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| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 |
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| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
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| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
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| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
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| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five girls were named Kennya! It came in at #9,067, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kennya is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kennya in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,465 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #14,942)
- 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
- 8,706 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 2012 at #4,047 (37 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 47,596
- Highest: 1 in 47,596 girls born in 2012 were named Kennya (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 39.9% of all girls named Kennya (254) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #9,010 (1979) | #9,243 |
| 1980s | 23 | #8,318 (1985) | #10,191 |
| 1990s | 127 | #4,883 (1996) | #7,463 |
| 2000s | 254 | #4,172 (2004) | #5,194 |
| 2010s | 185 | #4,047 (2012) | #7,389 |
| 2020s | 31 | #10,383 (2022) | #13,490 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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