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Kenya

Say it: KEN-yah

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Meaning

The name of the East African country, named after Mount Kenya.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Taken up after Kenya's independence in 1963.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1970s

In the United States

02040608018801900192019401960198020002020Girls 1973Boys 1973per 100,000 babies of that sex
  • 26,879 babies given this name since 1952
  • At its height in 1973, about 1 in 1,600 girls
  • 188 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

African American

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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