Kenyatta**
#1,932 most common girls' name of all time · #3,312 across all names · 43% male / 57% female · used 1961–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,932
Rank overall
#3,312 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
7,471
Since 2016
146
Peak year
1975 #691
Best rank
#691 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 443/yr
Kenyatta first appears in 1961. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #13,785 |
| 2023 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2022 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #15,674 |
| 2020 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #13,745 |
| 2019 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #16,087 |
| 2017 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 2016 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #9,007 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #10,316 |
| 2014 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #14,883 |
| 2013 | 6 | 17 | 23 | #14,894 |
| 2012 | 13 | 25 | 38 | #8,739 |
| 2011 | 15 | 29 | 44 | #7,878 |
| 2010 | 11 | 21 | 32 | #9,946 |
| 2009 | 21 | 21 | 42 | #6,382 |
| 2008 | 18 | 42 | 60 | #7,171 |
| 2007 | 30 | 29 | 59 | #4,853 |
| 2006 | 30 | 26 | 56 | #4,727 |
| 2005 | 41 | 23 | 64 | #3,606 |
| 2004 | 42 | 46 | 88 | #3,519 |
| 2003 | 37 | 35 | 72 | #3,754 |
| 2002 | 36 | 51 | 87 | #3,682 |
| 2001 | 51 | 50 | 101 | #2,856 |
| 2000 | 37 | 69 | 106 | #3,559 |
| 1999 | 56 | 63 | 119 | #2,547 |
| 1998 | 83 | 59 | 142 | #1,857 |
| 1997 | 66 | 66 | 132 | #2,130 |
| 1996 | 91 | 70 | 161 | #1,676 |
| 1995 | 100 | 57 | 157 | #1,539 |
| 1994 | 105 | 67 | 172 | #1,501 |
| 1993 | 120 | 62 | 182 | #1,373 |
| 1992 | 130 | 48 | 178 | #1,303 |
| 1991 | 151 | 48 | 199 | #1,165 |
| 1990 | 149 | 41 | 190 | #1,160 |
| 1989 | 99 | 37 | 136 | #1,476 |
| 1988 | 112 | 34 | 146 | #1,298 |
| 1987 | 117 | 31 | 148 | #1,226 |
| 1986 | 101 | 26 | 127 | #1,323 |
| 1985 | 118 | 33 | 151 | #1,198 |
| 1984 | 135 | 28 | 163 | #1,050 |
| 1983 | 132 | 37 | 169 | #1,057 |
| 1982 | 130 | 44 | 174 | #1,092 |
| 1981 | 145 | 61 | 206 | #1,008 |
| 1980 | 161 | 104 | 265 | #933 |
| 1979 | 198 | 118 | 316 | #799 |
| 1978 | 187 | 158 | 345 | #804 |
| 1977 | 153 | 160 | 313 | #920 |
| 1976 | 161 | 182 | 343 | #851 |
| 1975 | 217 | 226 | 443 | #691 |
| 1974 | 118 | 148 | 266 | #1,022 |
| 1973 | 123 | 142 | 265 | #972 |
| 1972 | 133 | 111 | 244 | #927 |
| 1971 | 59 | 105 | 164 | #1,612 |
| 1970 | 67 | 80 | 147 | #1,501 |
| 1969 | 32 | 39 | 71 | #2,294 |
| 1968 | 15 | 21 | 36 | #3,590 |
| 1967 | 10 | 23 | 33 | #4,586 |
| 1966 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #4,823 |
| 1965 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #6,404 |
| 1964 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #4,345 |
| 1963 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #4,267 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,503 |
| 1961 | — | 6 | 6 | — |