Kenyan
- Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
- Given to boys 99.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2006 · 60 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 958since 1970
Kenyan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kenyan has never cracked the top 2,000 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,451 | 16 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,639 | 21 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,106 | 18 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,199 | 24 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,891 | 26 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,122 | 35 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,002 | 38 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,904 | 40 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,914 | 40 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,401 | 53 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,467 | 51 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,416 | 53 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #2,150 | 60 |
| 2005 | — | #2,206 | 54 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,636 | 25 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,276 | 19 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,670 | 23 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,390 | 13 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,928 | 9 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
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| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,925 | 10 | |
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| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,509 | 8 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,203 | 12 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,441 | 6 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1970
The first year at least five boys were named Kenyan! It came in at #4,724, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kenyan is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kenyan in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kenyan
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 2006 at #2,150 (60 births)
- Births halved by 2014, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,255
- Highest: 1 in 34,255 boys born in 2006 were named Kenyan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 39.2% of all boys named Kenyan (376) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 79 | #3,203 (1977) | #4,089 |
| 1980s | 45 | #3,925 (1984) | #5,094 |
| 1990s | 119 | #4,059 (1997) | #5,011 |
| 2000s | 376 | #2,150 (2006) | #3,191 |
| 2010s | 275 | #2,904 (2011) | #4,083 |
| 2020s | 64 | #5,451 (2020) | #6,809 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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