Kenyan
Boy · KEN-yun · English
Kenyan is a boys' name of English origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kenyan come from?
English: spelling of Kenyon, a Lancashire surname; also the word for someone from Kenya
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- KEN-yun
Is Kenyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenyan is a boys' name.
How popular is Kenyan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Kenyan in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,000 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 40 | #2,913 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,202 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
Nicknames for Kenyan
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kenyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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