girls:
741 births since 1997
#4975 (13th percentile)
overall:
741 births since 1997
#6998 (10th percentile)
The name Keniyah is the #6,998 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 741 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 9.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,975 (12.9% percentile) for all time with 741 births since 1997.
Keniyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (first recorded for girls in 1997). Birth data for Keniyah is available in 25 out of the 27 years between 1997 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Keniyah reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #886) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 30 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Keniyah ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 26.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keniyah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Keniyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.6% confident that Keniyah is pronounced as keh-NEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is keh-NAI-uh, at 31.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like K EH0 N IY1 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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