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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#114 · 1 in 487
- Georgia#143 · 1 in 646
- North Carolina#159 · 1 in 747
- South Carolina#175 · 1 in 750
- Arkansas#190 · 1 in 864
Best ever in a state: #97 in Mississippi, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #114 | 32 | 1 in 487 |
| Georgia | #143 | 52 | 1 in 646 |
| North Carolina | #159 | 44 | 1 in 747 |
| South Carolina | #175 | 23 | 1 in 750 |
| Arkansas | #190 | 15 | 1 in 864 |
| Tennessee | #193 | 27 | 1 in 1,055 |
| Louisiana | #197 | 29 | 1 in 1,009 |
| Maryland | #198 | 19 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Alabama | #219 | 20 | 1 in 1,146 |
| Virginia | #255 | 20 | 1 in 1,459 |
| Illinois | #273 | 45 | 1 in 1,660 |
| Florida | #281 | 28 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Missouri | #287 | 17 | 1 in 1,899 |
| Connecticut | #315 | 7 | 1 in 2,101 |
| Indiana | #332 | 15 | 1 in 2,416 |
| Michigan | #345 | 23 | 1 in 2,591 |
| Ohio | #353 | 26 | 1 in 2,773 |
| New York | #354 | 44 | 1 in 2,248 |
| New Jersey | #397 | 14 | 1 in 2,657 |
| Oklahoma | #407 | 7 | 1 in 2,645 |
| Wisconsin | #412 | 8 | 1 in 3,824 |
| Arizona | #489 | 6 | 1 in 2,977 |
| California | #508 | 47 | 1 in 3,475 |
| Kentucky | #520 | 5 | 1 in 4,898 |
| Pennsylvania | #598 | 12 | 1 in 5,701 |
| Texas | #712 | 20 | 1 in 5,555 |
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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.
See more about Kenya
- 828 spots since 2024 (#1,657 → #2,485)
- 1,279 spots since 2020 (#1,206 → #2,485)
- 1,593 spots since 2015 (#892 → #2,485)
- Biggest jump: 282 spots in 1968 (#1,209 → #927)
- Biggest drop: 192 spots in 2015 (#700 → #892)
- Debuted 1952
- Peaked 1973 at #275 (894 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1968–2017
- 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%)
- 25.6% of all girls named Kenya (6,502) were born in this decade
- 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.
Kenya in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 2,548 of them was named Kenya, which outranked 97.0% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 24,593 of them was named Kenya, which outranked 85.1% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,044Nicole71
- #1,044Tariq71
- #1,044Valentin71
- #1,056Kenya70
- #1,056Alfonzo70
- #1,056Angela70
- #1,056Chandler70
- #1,070Christofer69
- #1,070Hasan69
- #1,070Jammie69
Tied with 13 names at #1,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.