Kenyata
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ken-YAH-tuh
Kenyata is a name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kenyata mean?
Variant of Kenyatta, from a Kikuyu word for a beaded belt
Variant of Kenyatta, the surname of Kenya's first president Jomo Kenyatta, said to come from a Kikuyu word for a beaded belt.
Is Kenyata a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kenyata has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Kenyata in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Kenyata in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 53% of the babies named Kenyata in the US in 1974, and 84% in 1993.
Kenyata in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 41 | #2,837 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,739 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,388 |
| 1977 | 37 | #2,381 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names related to Kenyata
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, “Kenyata: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenyata, updated 20 October 2026.