Kenniyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- keh-NY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Kenniyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kenniyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Keniyah; modern variant of Kenya or Kaniyah
Meaning borrowed from Keniyah.
Is Kenniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenniyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Kenniyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Kenniyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenniyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Kenniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Kamiyah, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Janiyah, Nevaeh, Zaliyah, Zariah, Brynlee, Sariyah, Aziyah
Names related to Kenniyah
Kaniyah, Keniyah, Keniya, Kennia, Kennah, Keyanni, Kennie, Kennya
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, “Kenniyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenniyah, updated 20 October 2026.