girls:
9.8k births since 1961
#1614 (72nd percentile)
boys:
12 births since 1992
#4574 (0th percentile)
overall:
9.8k births since 1961
#2703 (65th percentile)
The name Kenia is the #2,703 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,793 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 65.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 65.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,614 (71.8% percentile) for all time with 9,781 births since 1961. For boys, it ranks #4,574 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1992.
Kenia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Kenia is available in 61 out of the 63 years between 1961 and 2023 (61 years for girls and 2 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kenia has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kenia reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 43.1% percentile (ranked #545) with 233 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 233 births per million (ranked 43.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kenia ranks #682 for girls (28.0% percentile) with 158 births per million, which is 67.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kenia reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #768) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1999.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenia".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Kenia", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 23 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Kenya" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Kenya..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Kenia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Kenia is pronounced as KEH-nyuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-nee-uh, at 28.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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