Keniyah
Keniyah was the 6691st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2930th with 59 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,308 places. More babies were named Keniyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,691 girls, down 1,448 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201159 babies
- Total since 1880
- 777babies recorded
Keniyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,691 | 17 |
| 2020 | #5,243 | 24 |
| 2010 | #2,996 | 57 |
| 2000 | #10,329 | 9 |
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How popular is Keniyah, counting every spelling?
Keniyah is the most common spelling of a name family that had 24 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 24 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keniyah | 17 | #6,691 | 79 |
| Keniya | 7 | #12,551 | 46 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Keniyah?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Keniyah (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Keniyah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Keniyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Keniyah?
About 800 people born in the US named Keniyah are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 11 and 20. That makes Keniyah mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Keniyah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Keniyah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Keniyah
How popular is the name Keniyah?
Keniyah was the 6691st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 2930th with 59 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,308 places. More babies were named Keniyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Keniyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Keniyah in the US.