How popular is the name Kenya?

Kenya ranks 809th among girls' names in US records, with 27,500 births since 1952. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,156.

Is Kenya a unisex name?

No. Kenya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1973, when 894 children were given the name. It has been in use for 73 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#809 of girl names

Pronounced K EH1 N Y AH0 (ARPABET)

Kenya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1952. It has been given to 27,500 children — the 809th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 56% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1973, when 894 children were given it.

1973Girls: 894Boys: 145

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kenya?: Kenya ranks 809th among girls' names in US records, with 27,500 births since 1952. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,156.
Is Kenya a unisex name?: No. Kenya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kenya most popular?: 1973, when 894 children were given the name. It has been in use for 73 years and is still recorded as of 2024.