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.

Kenyan

#4,907 most common boys' name of all time · #12,120 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1970–2024

Rank among boys
#4,907
Rank overall
#12,120 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
968
Since 2016
140
Peak year
2006 #2,166
Best rank
#2,166 2006
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
198020002020

Kenyan first appears in 1970. 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
2024 — 7 7 #10,130
2023 — 14 14 #6,306
2022 — 14 14 #6,234
2021 — 13 13 #6,438
2020 — 16 16 #5,527
2019 — 21 21 #4,695
2018 — 18 18 #5,165
2017 — 13 13 #6,433
2016 — 24 24 #4,244
2015 — 20 20 #4,784
2014 — 26 26 #3,939
2013 — 35 35 #3,157
2012 — 38 38 #3,038
2011 — 40 40 #2,920
2010 — 40 40 #2,936
2009 — 53 53 #2,423
2008 — 51 51 #2,488
2007 — 53 53 #2,427
2006 5 60 65 #2,166
2005 — 54 54 #2,227
2004 — 25 25 #3,679
2003 — 19 19 #4,335
2002 — 23 23 #3,726
2001 — 13 13 #5,496
2000 5 25 30 #3,356
1999 — 15 15 #4,617
1998 — 14 14 #4,735
1997 — 16 16 #4,141
1996 — 15 15 #4,298
1995 — 9 9 #6,118
1994 — 9 9 #6,087
1993 — 10 10 #5,559
1992 — 11 11 #5,055
1991 — 13 13 #4,366
1990 — 7 7 #6,747
1989 — 7 7 #6,586
1985 — 6 6 #6,156
1984 — 10 10 #4,114
1982 — 6 6 #6,034
1981 — 8 8 #4,811
1980 — 8 8 #4,783
1979 — 6 6 #5,772
1978 — 12 12 #3,363
1977 — 12 12 #3,352
1976 — 9 9 #3,944
1975 — 8 8 #4,221
1974 — 6 6 #5,056
1973 — 8 8 #3,998
1972 — 6 6 #4,886
1971 — 7 7 #4,330
1970 — 5 5 #5,366