girls:
10 births since 1982
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1975
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
15 births since 1975
#7724 (0th percentile)
The name Kennyatta is the #7,724 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1982. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1975.
Kennyatta first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Kennyatta is available in 3 out of the 19 years between 1975 and 1993 (2 years for girls and 1 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 Kennyatta has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.7% of all recorded births). In 1993, 100.0% of babies named Kennyatta were girls. Interestingly, until around 1982, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1975 to 1981), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1982 to 1993).
For girls, Kennyatta reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #793) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
For boys, Kennyatta reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #660) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1975.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kennyatta".
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Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Kennyatta. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 16.7% confident that Kennyatta is pronounced as KEH-nee-AH-tuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-nyuh-tuh, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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