Kenya Girl
How popular is Kenya?
#2,485 girl name in 2025
71 baby girls were named Kenya in the US in 2025, making it the 2485th most popular girl name.
Kenya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,485 for girls (▼ 828 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 71 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-77% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #892 in 2015, #1,206 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1973 (894 girls) |
| Highest rank | #275 in 1973 |
| First recorded | 1952 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kenya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kenia family of names ranked #866 for girls in 2025 (#699 the year before), with 261 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kenia | 179 | 69% |
| Kenya | 71 | 27% |
| Kennia | 6 | 2% |
| Kennya | 5 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kenya is most popular
Babies named Kenya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (94 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (85 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 girls)
Kenya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 89 | #2,662 |
| 1960s | 691 | #670 |
| 1970s | 6,502 | #275 |
| 1980s | 3,440 | #420 |
| 1990s | 5,220 | #375 |
| 2000s | 5,069 | #508 |
| 2010s | 3,553 | #534 |
| 2020s | 848 | #1,206 |
Girl names about as popular as Kenya
Questions
- Is Kenya a boy or girl name?
- Kenya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Kenya were girls.
- How popular is the name Kenya?
- 71 baby girls were named Kenya in the US in 2025, making it the 2485th most popular girl name.
- When was Kenya most popular?
- Kenya peaked in 1973, when 894 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #275 in 1973.
- How many people are named Kenya?
- 27,553 babies have been named Kenya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 26,745 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Kenya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kenya was most common in Georgia, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.