Kenya
- #2,485 for girls in 2025, 71 births
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Given to girls 92.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1973 · 894 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 25,412since 1952
Kenya over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,485 | 71 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,657 | 124 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #1,569 | 135 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,381 | 166 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,364 | 162 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,206 | 190 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,092 | 228 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #1,057 | 242 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #964 | 275 | #6,685 | 12 |
| 2016 | #863 | 326 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #892 | 309 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #700 | 403 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #602 | 469 | #7,537 | 10 |
| 2012 | #534 | 569 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #802 | 337 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2010 | #715 | 395 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2009 | #629 | 478 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #540 | 570 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #534 | 587 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #523 | 578 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #610 | 466 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #631 | 432 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #581 | 475 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #553 | 493 | #2,817 | 33 |
| 2001 | #559 | 466 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #508 | 524 | #3,075 | 28 |
| 1999 | #552 | 456 | #2,722 | 31 |
| 1998 | #534 | 471 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1997 | #526 | 452 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #425 | 600 | #2,332 | 34 |
| 1995 | #394 | 673 | #2,923 | 24 |
| 1994 | #377 | 681 | #2,123 | 38 |
| 1993 | #375 | 682 | #2,007 | 40 |
| 1992 | #508 | 473 | #2,214 | 34 |
| 1991 | #616 | 366 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | #614 | 366 | #2,128 | 34 |
| 1989 | #608 | 349 | #2,206 | 31 |
| 1988 | #713 | 263 | #2,961 | 18 |
| 1987 | #725 | 249 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #741 | 239 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #640 | 290 | #2,598 | 19 |
| 1984 | #582 | 314 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #499 | 389 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1982 | #496 | 411 | #1,441 | 44 |
| 1981 | #491 | 416 | #1,207 | 57 |
| 1980 | #420 | 520 | #1,187 | 59 |
| 1979 | #358 | 630 | #1,056 | 70 |
| 1978 | #359 | 589 | #749 | 128 |
| 1977 | #330 | 712 | #778 | 120 |
| 1976 | #317 | 713 | #809 | 106 |
| 1975 | #281 | 864 | #725 | 130 |
| 1974 | #294 | 811 | #716 | 131 |
| 1973 | #275 | 894 | #661 | 145 |
| 1972 | #383 | 556 | #783 | 104 |
| 1971 | #484 | 398 | #1,057 | 59 |
| 1970 | #554 | 335 | #989 | 67 |
| 1969 | #670 | 219 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1968 | #927 | 125 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #1,209 | 77 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #1,335 | 66 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #1,595 | 49 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #2,094 | 32 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,678 | 19 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 | — | |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1952
The first year at least five girls were named Kenya! It came in at #5,563, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1952–1953, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kenya is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Arizona#1,040 · 1 in 5,644
- Virginia#1,180 · 1 in 6,748
- Florida#1,685 · 1 in 12,395
- Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #97 in Mississippi, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| Florida | #1,685 | 7 | 1 in 12,395 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,279 spots since 2020 (#1,206 → #2,485)
- Biggest jump: 282 spots in 1968
- Biggest drop: 192 spots in 2015
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1973 at #275 (894 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1968–2017
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,631
- Highest: 1 in 1,631 girls born in 1973 were named Kenya (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 22,638 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 25.6% of all girls named Kenya (6,502) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 89 | #2,663 (1958) | #3,609 |
| 1960s | 691 | #670 (1969) | #1,731 |
| 1970s | 6,502 | #275 (1973) | #364 |
| 1980s | 3,440 | #420 (1980) | #592 |
| 1990s | 5,220 | #375 (1993) | #492 |
| 2000s | 5,069 | #508 (2000) | #567 |
| 2010s | 3,553 | #534 (2012) | #822 |
| 2020s | 848 | #1,206 (2020) | #1,610 |
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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