Kenyetta

Last seen for girls in 2010 at #13,448 · Last seen for boys in 2007 at #12,367
Given to girls 95.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1974 · 112 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,735
since 1963

Kenyetta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kenyetta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201976peak #1,054, 1974girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2010#13,4487
2009#9,37912
2008#17,5045
2007#10,12911#12,3675
2006#8,71513
2005#16,4625
2004#9,26411
2003#7,58014
2002#7,44414
2001#5,36421
2000#3,80833
1999#4,44525
1998#3,83130
1997#2,87442#9,2655
1996#2,67246
1995#2,00668
1994#2,79743
1993#2,26757
1992#1,68889
1991#1,76681
1990#1,493104
1989#1,461100
1988#1,58782
1987#1,349101
1986#1,47285#5,3327
1985#1,38293
1984#1,266100
1983#1,43481
1982#1,51079
1981#1,209108#5,4686
1980#1,250104#4,9407
1979#1,169113#3,16813
1978#1,169108#2,92914
1977#1,141111#3,20312
1976#1,092111#3,09512
1975#1,111105#2,75114
1974#1,054112#3,8378
1973#1,22087#2,85712
1972#1,20589#3,9637
1971#1,41574
1970#1,65356
1969#1,83545#3,9356
1968#3,31516
1967#3,08517
1966#3,95911
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1963#5,8916
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five girls were named Kenyetta! It came in at #5,891, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Kenyetta is popular in 1976

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMNIllinois: #697 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,356 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedWIMichigan: #448 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,627 girlsMINew York: #933 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 9,118 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #678 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,870 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #657 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,398 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #566 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,716 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedMSAlabama: #412 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,688 girlsALGeorgia: #423 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,807 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kenyetta, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alabama#412 · 1 in 2,688
  2. Georgia#423 · 1 in 2,807
  3. Michigan#448 · 1 in 3,627
  4. Louisiana#566 · 1 in 3,716
  5. North Carolina#657 · 1 in 6,398

Best ever in a state: #315 in Michigan, 1974.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#41281 in 2,688
Georgia#423111 in 2,807
Michigan#448151 in 3,627
Louisiana#56671 in 3,716
North Carolina#65751 in 6,398
New Jersey#67861 in 5,870
Illinois#697111 in 6,356
New York#933111 in 9,118
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kenyetta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2010
Rise & fade · girls
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 1974 at #1,054 (112 births)
  • Births halved by 1994, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,103
  • Highest: 1 in 13,103 girls born in 1974 were named Kenyetta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 253,942 girls born in 2010 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 35.3% of all girls named Kenyetta (966) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s105#1,835 (1969)#3,740
1970s966#1,054 (1974)#1,223
1980s933#1,209 (1981)#1,392
1990s585#1,493 (1990)#2,584
2000s139#3,808 (2000)#9,565
2010s7#13,448 (2010)#13,448

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kenyetta in 1976

girls
#1,092
111 births · 1 in 13,199 girls
boys
#3,095
12 births · 1 in 130,751 boys

Top girls' names in 1976

  1. #1Jennifer59,473
  2. #2Amy31,339
  3. #3Melissa25,094
  4. #4Heather24,192
  5. #5Angela22,038
  6. #6Michelle19,550
  7. #7Kimberly18,962
  8. #8Jessica18,368
  9. #9Lisa17,346
  10. #10Amanda15,588
  11. #1,092Kenyetta111

Top boys' names in 1976

  1. #1Michael66,915
  2. #2Jason52,643
  3. #3Christopher45,190
  4. #4David39,265
  5. #5James38,294
  6. #6John33,976
  7. #7Robert33,789
  8. #8Brian30,517
  9. #9Matthew29,951
  10. #10Daniel24,702
  11. #3,095Kenyetta12
More about 1976

girls

1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 13,199 of them was named Kenyetta, which outranked 90.0% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenyetta
  1. #1,086Lesa112
  2. #1,086Lila112
  3. #1,086Shea112
  4. #1,092Kenyetta111
  5. #1,092Cristie111
  6. #1,092Danyell111
  7. #1,092Demetra111
  8. #1,098Bobby110
  9. #1,098Isela110
  10. #1,098Kris110

Tied with 5 names at #1,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,548Rhiannon#4,141#593
  2. 3,533Mackenzie#4,370#837
  3. 3,060Khalilah#3,774#714
  4. 1,663Kenisha#2,612#949
  5. 1,455Latoria#2,411#956
Fallers
  1. 821Nyree#926#1,747
  2. 668Syreeta#778#1,446
  3. 505Cher#994#1,499
  4. 398Kandice#957#1,355
  5. 370Racquel#973#1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 130,751 of them was named Kenyetta, which outranked 52.3% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kenyetta
  1. #2,946Welton13
  2. #2,946Yaphet13
  3. #2,946Ygnacio13
  4. #3,095Kenyetta12
  5. #3,095Abdiel12
  6. #3,095Akiva12
  7. #3,095Alfie12
  8. #3,264Aeron11
  9. #3,264Akio11
  10. #3,264Albaro11

Tied with 168 names at #3,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1975
Risers
  1. 3,506Seneca#4,309#803
  2. 1,165Jameel#2,134#969
  3. 712Delvin#1,658#946
  4. 567Jerimy#1,530#963
  5. 510Jamaal#1,042#532
Fallers
  1. 1,113Santino#1,000#2,113
  2. 511Carnell#900#1,411
  3. 453Nakia#337#790
  4. 395Charlton#938#1,333
  5. 376Benjiman#970#1,346

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1976