Kenyah
Girl · KEN-ya
Kenyah is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kenyah mean?
Spelling of Kenya; from the country, named after Mount Kenya
Named after the East African country, which takes its name from Mount Kenya.
- Say it
- KEN-ya
Meaning borrowed from Kenya.
Is Kenyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Kenyah 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 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Kenyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
Names like Kenyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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