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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |