# Kenya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kenya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,553 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,141 / 25,412 (92% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 384, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 337 | 803 |
| 2012 | 569 | 534 |
| 2013 | 469 | 602 |
| 2014 | 403 | 702 |
| 2015 | 309 | 894 |
| 2016 | 326 | 863 |
| 2017 | 275 | 964 |
| 2018 | 242 | 1,060 |
| 2019 | 228 | 1,092 |
| 2020 | 190 | 1,208 |
| 2021 | 162 | 1,366 |
| 2022 | 166 | 1,383 |
| 2023 | 135 | 1,572 |
| 2024 | 124 | 1,660 |
| 2025 | 71 | 2,499 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 20 | 4,607 |
| 2007 | 13 | 6,460 |
| 2008 | 14 | 6,268 |
| 2009 | 11 | 7,484 |
| 2010 | 14 | 6,222 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,811 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,862 |
| 2013 | 10 | 7,843 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,472 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,243 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,916 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,519 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,319 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,450 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Kenya

- Kenya Moore, American actress, model, author, and entrepreneur
- Kenya Kinski-Jones, American fashion model

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.