Kenniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keh-NY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Kenniya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kenniya come from?
Modern: spelling of Keniyah; modern variant of Kenya or Kaniyah
Meaning borrowed from Keniyah.
Is Kenniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenniya is a girls' name.
How popular is Kenniya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Kenniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
Names like Kenniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kianna Kiara Kiana Mckenna Brynlee Nevaeh Teagan Cassidy Kayden Keiry Brylee Kaylee
Names related to Kenniya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Kenniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenniya, updated 20 October 2026.