Kenyata
- Last seen for girls in 2005 at #16,462
- Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
- Given to girls 72.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 38 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 820since 1971
Kenyata over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | #4,785 | 15 | |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,769 | 40 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,620 | 37 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #2,283 | 44 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #2,677 | 34 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #2,749 | 33 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #2,860 | 30 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | #1,965 | 25 |
| 1977 | #2,381 | 37 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 | #1,873 | 26 |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #4,375 | 6 |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Kenyata! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2000, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kenyata is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kenyata in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kenyata
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1976 at #2,210 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 19 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 38,555
- Highest: 1 in 38,555 girls born in 1976 were named Kenyata (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 369,568 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 43.8% of all girls named Kenyata (359) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2019
- Mostly girls until 2018, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 202 | #2,210 (1976) | #3,791 |
| 1980s | 359 | #2,283 (1985) | #2,692 |
| 1990s | 219 | #2,843 (1991) | #5,345 |
| 2000s | 40 | #7,391 (2004) | #12,388 |
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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