Kenyana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ken-YAH-nuh
- Origin
- Modern
Kenyana is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Kenyana come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps Kenya plus Ana
Is Kenyana a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenyana is a girls' name.
How popular is Kenyana in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Kenyana in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenyana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Kenyana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Kianna, Kiana, Brianna, Cassidy, Kierra, Keeley, Keona, Mckenna, Breanna, Brenna, Kaitlyn
Names related to Kenyana
Kenna, Kenya, Kyanna, Keyanna, Keana, Keyana, Keanna, 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, “Kenyana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenyana, updated 20 October 2026.