Kenijah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-NY-juh
- Origin
- Modern
Kenijah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kenijah come from?
Modern: modern coinage, Keni- plus the -ijah ending of Elijah
Is Kenijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenijah is a girls' name.
How popular is Kenijah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Kenijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Names like Kenijah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nevaeh Kaliyah Kennedy Kianna Kiana Kiara Janiyah Kaylee Kamiyah Zariah Kimora Jaliyah
Names related to Kenijah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kenijah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenijah, updated 20 October 2026.