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Kenyatta Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Kenyatta?

The rare name Kenyatta was the 5,630th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States in 2018.

Kenyatta, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

Position 534, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1975 with 226 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Kenyatta was less than 5, most recently in 1962.

Kenyatta, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1964-1975, whereas 1978-1984, 2000-2003, and 2012-2015 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Kenyatta has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Kenyatta popularity headed?

Kenyatta's popularity is at a very low point when measured against its most notable year.

The popularity trend for Kenyatta has been spiralling downward for a while. however, the number of children named Kenyatta lately has remained about the same.

The name Kenyatta is mostly unused and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Kenyatta has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Kenyatta (Girl)Kenyatta (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 16 5,630
2017 < 5 -- 17 5,395
2016 12 9,136 13 6,527
2015 10 10,497 10 7,774
2014 6 15,601 17 5,365
2013 6 15,580 17 5,286
2012 13 8,888 25 4,070
2011 15 7,989 29 3,653
2010 11 10,126 21 4,608
2009 21 6,426 21 4,666
2008 18 7,225 42 2,855
2007 30 4,875 29 3,650
2006 30 4,743 26 3,850
2005 41 3,619 23 3,995
2004 42 3,532 46 2,437
2003 37 3,768 35 2,818
2002 36 3,693 51 2,110
2001 51 2,859 50 2,098
2000 37 3,557 69 1,675
1999 56 2,548 63 1,679
1998 83 1,856 59 1,730
1997 66 2,123 66 1,562
1996 91 1,676 70 1,459
1995 100 1,537 57 1,614
1994 105 1,499 67 1,445
1993 120 1,372 62 1,500
1992 130 1,302 48 1,759
1991 151 1,164 48 1,711
1990 149 1,156 41 1,885
1989 99 1,475 37 1,974
1988 112 1,297 34 1,929
1987 117 1,224 31 1,993
1986 101 1,319 26 2,189
1985 118 1,194 33 1,815
1984 135 1,047 28 1,956
1983 131 1,060 37 1,616
1982 130 1,089 44 1,452
1981 145 1,007 61 1,180
1980 161 931 104 874
1979 198 799 118 803
1978 187 802 158 669
1977 153 918 160 670
1976 161 849 182 604
1975 217 690 226 534
1974 118 1,017 147 672
1973 123 970 143 669
1972 133 923 111 756
1971 59 1,603 105 790
1970 67 1,492 80 901
1969 32 2,276 39 1,267
1968 15 3,517 21 1,758
1967 10 4,442 23 1,624
1966 9 4,660 17 1,929
1965 6 6,137 11 2,548
1964 11 4,219 14 2,259
1963 11 4,134 16 2,079
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.