Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kenya*

#872 most common girls' name of all time · #1,573 across all names · 8% male / 92% female · used 1952–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#872
Rank overall
#1,573 of 105,966
First appeared
1952
Years on the list
73 of 146
All-time
27,553
Since 2016
1,962
Peak year
1973 #275
Best rank
#275 1973
Girls Boys peak 1,039/yr
1960198020002020

Kenya first appears in 1952. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 71 71 #2,494
2024 124 8 132 #1,659
2023 135 135 #1,575
2022 166 166 #1,384
2021 162 162 #1,368
2020 190 190 #1,208
2019 228 7 235 #1,092
2018 242 9 251 #1,060
2017 275 12 287 #964
2016 326 7 333 #863
2015 309 7 316 #894
2014 403 6 409 #701
2013 469 10 479 #602
2012 569 15 584 #534
2011 337 10 347 #803
2010 395 14 409 #715
2009 478 11 489 #630
2008 570 14 584 #540
2007 587 13 600 #534
2006 578 20 598 #524
2005 466 23 489 #610
2004 432 27 459 #632
2003 475 15 490 #582
2002 493 33 526 #553
2001 466 31 497 #559
2000 524 28 552 #509
1999 456 31 487 #552
1998 471 48 519 #535
1997 452 23 475 #527
1996 600 34 634 #426
1995 673 24 697 #394
1994 681 38 719 #377
1993 682 40 722 #375
1992 473 34 507 #509
1991 366 35 401 #617
1990 366 34 400 #616
1989 349 31 380 #608
1988 263 18 281 #714
1987 249 15 264 #727
1986 239 20 259 #741
1985 290 19 309 #642
1984 314 22 336 #583
1983 389 33 422 #502
1982 411 44 455 #496
1981 416 57 473 #492
1980 520 59 579 #421
1979 630 70 700 #359
1978 589 128 717 #360
1977 712 120 832 #330
1976 713 106 819 #317
1975 864 130 994 #281
1974 811 131 942 #294
1973 894 145 1,039 #275
1972 556 104 660 #384
1971 398 59 457 #484
1970 335 67 402 #555
1969 219 46 265 #672
1968 125 17 142 #930
1967 77 12 89 #1,218
1966 66 8 74 #1,350
1965 49 6 55 #1,620
1964 57 13 70 #1,516
1963 32 32 #2,128
1962 29 29 #2,260
1961 18 18 #3,047
1960 19 19 #2,899
1959 19 19 #2,753
1958 19 19 #2,751
1957 13 13 #3,479
1956 8 8 #4,792
1955 14 14 #3,222
1954 11 11 #3,716
1952 5 5 #6,339