Kenyetta
Girl · ken-YET-uh
Kenyetta is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kenyetta 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.
- Say it
- ken-YET-uh
Is Kenyetta a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenyetta is a girls' name.
How popular is Kenyetta in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1979, with 113 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the girls named Kenyetta in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenyetta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 68 | #2,001 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1993 | 57 | #2,262 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,684 |
| 1991 | 81 | #1,760 |
| 1990 | 104 | #1,489 |
| 1989 | 100 | #1,458 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,586 |
| 1987 | 101 | #1,348 |
| 1986 | 85 | #1,472 |
| 1985 | 93 | #1,381 |
| 1984 | 100 | #1,266 |
| 1983 | 81 | #1,434 |
| 1982 | 79 | #1,510 |
| 1981 | 108 | #1,209 |
| 1980 | 104 | #1,250 |
| 1979 | 113 | #1,169 |
| 1978 | 108 | #1,169 |
| 1977 | 111 | #1,141 |
| 1976 | 111 | #1,092 |
| 1975 | 105 | #1,111 |
| 1974 | 112 | #1,054 |
| 1973 | 87 | #1,220 |
| 1972 | 89 | #1,205 |
| 1971 | 74 | #1,415 |
| 1970 | 56 | #1,653 |
| 1969 | 45 | #1,835 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,084 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
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