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 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#315 · 1 in 2,036
- Louisiana#479 · 1 in 3,104
- Alabama#496 · 1 in 3,756
- Georgia#527 · 1 in 4,125
- North Carolina#594 · 1 in 5,640
Best ever in a state: #315 in Michigan, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #315 | 28 | 1 in 2,036 |
| Louisiana | #479 | 8 | 1 in 3,104 |
| Alabama | #496 | 6 | 1 in 3,756 |
| Georgia | #527 | 8 | 1 in 4,125 |
| North Carolina | #594 | 6 | 1 in 5,640 |
| Pennsylvania | #947 | 5 | 1 in 13,370 |
| New York | #979 | 10 | 1 in 10,315 |
| Illinois | #1,137 | 5 | 1 in 13,943 |
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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 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 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 13,103 of them was named Kenyetta, which outranked 89.7% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,048Kimberlie113
- #1,048Kristan113
- #1,048Rosetta113
- #1,054Kenyetta112
- #1,054Britt112
- #1,054Cherilyn112
- #1,054Emilie112
- #1,063Flora111
- #1,063Lashunda111
- #1,063Mark111
Tied with 8 names at #1,054; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 196,542 of them was named Kenyetta, which outranked 36.1% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,558Yvonne9
- #3,558Zedrick9
- #3,558Zeferino9
- #3,837Kenyetta8
- #3,837Abdon8
- #3,837Agostino8
- #3,837Agron8
- #4,190Absalom7
- #4,190Adarryl7
- #4,190Adel7
Tied with 352 names at #3,837; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.