female NAME · CURRENTLY #2499

Kenya

KEN-yah

“Traditionally interpreted as “mountain of whiteness,” though the exact Kikuyu etymology is debated.”

A given name identical in spelling to the name of the East African country.

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SSA POPULARITY HISTORY

How Kenya has traveled through time

141955 191960 551965 4021970 9941975 5791980 3091985 4001990 6971995 5522000 4892005 4092010 3162015 1902020 712025
LATEST YEAR202571 births
PEAK RANK#275in 1973
CURRENT USAGE100% F0% M

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.

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