Kenyata
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kenyata has been given to 1,126 babies in the U.S. since 1971. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1985, with 44 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% girls, 27% boys all-time.
Babies named Kenyata, 2005
1 in 769,000
Kenyata over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Kenyata over time
In 2019, Kenyata went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Kenyata?
Kenyata had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2005, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2005
- 1 in 769,000
- 5 of 3,844,258 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 369,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2005
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 532,928 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kenyata sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2005 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 532,928 children born in 2005 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kenyata. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kenyatas were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kenyata was born before 1985 — so the typical Kenyata is around 40 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1980s
- 43.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 71.3%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 820
- People you could plausibly meet
1980s — 43.8% of all recorded uses (359).
Is Kenyata rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1985 (44)
- Years since peak
- 40
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.5% average annual change
Spellings of Kenyata
Kenyata is not the most common spelling — Kenya is, with 47.0% against Kenyata's 1.5%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Kenyata is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Kenyata was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 253,342 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Georgia1 in 100,000
- 2Illinois1 in 100,000
- 3Louisiana1 in 100,000
- 4Mississippi1 in 100,000
- 5Florida1 in —
- 6Michigan1 in —
- 7North Carolina1 in —
- 8Ohio1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kenyata has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Kenyata is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Kenyata was most concentrated in Illinois — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,006,909 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in —).
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kenyata has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kenyata by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Kenyata
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kenyata
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.