Keniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keh-NY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Keniya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Keniya come from?
Modern: spelling of Keniyah; modern variant of Kenya or Kaniyah
Meaning borrowed from Keniyah.
Is Keniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Keniya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keniya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Keniya, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Keniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,858 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 48 | #3,208 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
Names like Keniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah Kamiya Nevaeh Amaya Anaya Janiyah Kamiyah Kimora Kiana Kamora Araya Zariah
Names related to Keniya
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, “Keniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keniya, updated 20 October 2026.