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

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Peak · girls
1974 · 112 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,735
since 1963

Kenyetta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kenyetta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #1,054, 1974girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2010#13,4487—
2009#9,37912—
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2007#10,12911#12,3675
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1986#1,47285#5,3327
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1981#1,209108#5,4686
1980#1,250104#4,9407
1979#1,169113#3,16813
1978#1,169108#2,92914
1977#1,141111#3,20312
1976#1,092111#3,09512
1975#1,111105#2,75114
1974#1,054112#3,8378
1973#1,22087#2,85712
1972#1,20589#3,9637
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First appearance
1963

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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,028 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,813 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedWIMichigan: #692 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,247 girlsMINew York: #1,268 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 13,562 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #767 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,852 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #756 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,811 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #448 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,862 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #458 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,820 girlsLAMississippi: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,755 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedALGeorgia: #483 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,556 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,142 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 11,304 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#448 · 1 in 2,862
  2. Louisiana#458 · 1 in 2,820
  3. Mississippi#460 · 1 in 2,755
  4. Georgia#483 · 1 in 3,556
  5. Michigan#692 · 1 in 6,247

Best ever in a state: #315 in Michigan, 1974.

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South Carolina#44871 in 2,862
Louisiana#45891 in 2,820
Mississippi#46051 in 2,755
Georgia#483121 in 3,556
Michigan#692101 in 6,247
North Carolina#75661 in 6,811
New Jersey#76771 in 6,852
Illinois#1,02881 in 9,813
Florida#1,14271 in 11,304
New York#1,26891 in 13,562
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See more about Kenyetta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 1974 at #1,054 (112 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 20 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 13,103
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 35.3% of all girls named Kenyetta (966) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s105#1,835 (1969)#3,740
1970s966#1,054 (1974)#1,223
1980s933#1,209 (1981)#1,392
1990s585#1,493 (1990)#2,584
2000s139#3,808 (2000)#9,565
2010s7#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 1990

girls
#1,493
104 births · 1 in 18,255 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #1,493Kenyetta104
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 18,255 of them was named Kenyetta, which outranked 90.2% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenyetta
  1. #1,479Kayce105
  2. #1,479Lashay105
  3. #1,479Sunny105
  4. #1,493Kenyetta104
  5. #1,493Ariane104
  6. #1,493Cristy104
  7. #1,493Kerrie104
  8. #1,503Alivia103
  9. #1,503Anisha103
  10. #1,503Cydney103

Tied with 9 names at #1,493; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →