Keniyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keh-NY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Keniyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
Where does Keniyah come from?
Modern: modern variant of Kenya or Kaniyah
Is Keniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Keniyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Keniyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Keniyah, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Keniyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Keniyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,908 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,329 |
| 2006 | 50 | #3,263 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
Names like Keniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah Zaniyah Kamiyah Jaliyah Aaliyah Zaliyah Janiyah Sariyah Aziyah Zariah Hadassah Jaziyah
Names related to Keniyah
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Keniyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keniyah, updated 20 October 2026.