Kenyetta
Last seen for girls in 2010 at #13,448 · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
Given to girls 95.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 112 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,735since 1963
Kenyetta over time
Rank among girls' names. Kenyetta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,831 | 30 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #2,672 | 46 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,006 | 68 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,797 | 43 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,267 | 57 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,688 | 89 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,766 | 81 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,493 | 104 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,461 | 100 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,587 | 82 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,349 | 101 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,472 | 85 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #1,382 | 93 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,266 | 100 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,434 | 81 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,510 | 79 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,209 | 108 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #1,250 | 104 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #1,169 | 113 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #1,169 | 108 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #1,141 | 111 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #1,092 | 111 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #1,111 | 105 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #1,054 | 112 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #1,220 | 87 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #1,205 | 89 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #1,415 | 74 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,653 | 56 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | — | |
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| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kenyetta! It came in at #5,891, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kenyetta is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#500 · 1 in 4,761
- Mississippi#504 · 1 in 3,467
- New Jersey#693 · 1 in 6,789
- Pennsylvania#763 · 1 in 10,301
- New York#844 · 1 in 9,237
Best ever in a state: #315 in Michigan, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #500 | 13 | 1 in 4,761 |
| Mississippi | #504 | 5 | 1 in 3,467 |
| New Jersey | #693 | 6 | 1 in 6,789 |
| Pennsylvania | #763 | 7 | 1 in 10,301 |
| New York | #844 | 12 | 1 in 9,237 |
| Florida | #889 | 5 | 1 in 8,896 |
| Illinois | #912 | 7 | 1 in 10,657 |
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See more about Kenyetta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1974 at #1,054 (112 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,103 girls born in 1974 were named Kenyetta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 253,942 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
- 35.3% of all girls named Kenyetta (966) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 105 | #1,835 (1969) | #3,740 |
| 1970s | 966 | #1,054 (1974) | #1,223 |
| 1980s | 933 | #1,209 (1981) | #1,392 |
| 1990s | 585 | #1,493 (1990) | #2,584 |
| 2000s | 139 | #3,808 (2000) | #9,565 |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,448 (2010) | #13,448 |
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.
Kenyetta in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 17,093 of them was named Kenyetta, which outranked 87.5% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,192Rachele90
- #1,192Roxana90
- #1,192Shawnna90
- #1,205Kenyetta89
- #1,205Alina89
- #1,205Celina89
- #1,205Gracie89
- #1,212Haley88
- #1,212Janene88
- #1,212Leesa88
Tied with 6 names at #1,205; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 231,658 of them was named Kenyetta, which outranked 31.1% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,622Yamil8
- #3,622Yvette8
- #3,622Zenas8
- #3,963Kenyetta7
- #3,963Abayomi7
- #3,963Abdon7
- #3,963Adolf7
- #4,441Abelino6
- #4,441Abimael6
- #4,441Abrahm6
Tied with 477 names at #3,963; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.