# Kenyatta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kenyatta/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,471 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,216 / 4,255 (57% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 30 | 4,743 |
| 2007 | 30 | 4,881 |
| 2008 | 18 | 7,230 |
| 2009 | 21 | 6,432 |
| 2010 | 11 | 10,137 |
| 2011 | 15 | 7,997 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,893 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,609 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,632 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10,514 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,156 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,925 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,303 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,508 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,387 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 | 4,611 |
| 2011 | 29 | 3,656 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,077 |
| 2013 | 17 | 5,294 |
| 2014 | 17 | 5,380 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,787 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,546 |
| 2017 | 17 | 5,419 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,669 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,268 |
| 2020 | 8 | 9,166 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,192 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,044 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,602 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,682 |

## People named Kenyatta

- Ken Carson, American rapper (born 2000)
- Buckshot, American rapper
- Ken Johnson, American basketball player (born 1978)

## 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.