Kenia
Girl · KEN-ya
Kenia is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,250th for girls in the US (179 babies).
What does Kenia mean?
Spanish spelling of Kenya, named after Mount Kenya
The Spanish spelling of Kenya, the East African country named after Mount Kenya.
- Say it
- KEN-ya
Is Kenia a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 179 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kenia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,250among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 179about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 179 girls in the US were named Kenia, making it the 1,250th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 924th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 451 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kenia than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Kenia in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 261 girls in the US were given Kenia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #906, up from #1,250 for this spelling alone.
Kenia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 179 | #1,250 |
| 2024 | 251 | #1,014 |
| 2023 | 276 | #949 |
| 2022 | 294 | #919 |
| 2021 | 230 | #1,086 |
| 2020 | 279 | #924 |
| 2019 | 307 | #874 |
| 2018 | 330 | #823 |
| 2017 | 405 | #709 |
| 2016 | 451 | #650 |
| 2015 | 362 | #780 |
| 2014 | 319 | #862 |
| 2013 | 297 | #866 |
| 2012 | 443 | #643 |
| 2011 | 159 | #1,427 |
| 2010 | 194 | #1,241 |
| 2009 | 190 | #1,280 |
| 2008 | 256 | #1,022 |
| 2007 | 287 | #944 |
| 2006 | 303 | #875 |
| 2005 | 296 | #853 |
| 2004 | 263 | #920 |
| 2003 | 311 | #796 |
| 2002 | 281 | #830 |
| 2001 | 282 | #823 |
| 2000 | 213 | #993 |
| 1999 | 214 | #964 |
| 1998 | 207 | #974 |
| 1997 | 213 | #929 |
| 1996 | 213 | #919 |
| 1995 | 243 | #812 |
| 1994 | 272 | #760 |
| 1993 | 171 | #1,061 |
| 1992 | 200 | #959 |
| 1991 | 128 | #1,293 |
| 1990 | 117 | #1,352 |
| 1989 | 98 | #1,476 |
| 1988 | 67 | #1,835 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 46 | #2,227 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,096 |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,492 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,935 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,805 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 33 | #2,572 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Kenia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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