Is Kenyata a boy or girl name?

Kenyata is a unisex name. Of the 1,126 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 72.8% were girls and 27.2% were boys. It changed hands in 1979, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Kenyata

Recorded 1971–2019 · United States

Kenyata was most popular in 1976, when 64 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,516 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,126 people named Kenyata.

Kenyata over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kenyata’s peak in 1976. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kenyata a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kenyata is a unisex name — 72.8% of the 1,126 Americans given it were girls and 27.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1979 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kenyata

Where Kenyata is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org