Kenya
Rank in 2025
#2485
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
71
girls 71
Peak year
1973
894 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
27,553
since 1952
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kenya was most popular in 1973, when 894 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.61 per 1,000). In 2025, 71 babies were named Kenya, ranking #2485 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 48%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 71 | 2485 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 124 | 1657 | 8 | 8987 |
| 2023 | 135 | 1569 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 166 | 1381 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 162 | 1364 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 190 | 1206 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 228 | 1092 | 7 | 9756 |
| 2018 | 242 | 1057 | 9 | 8154 |
| 2017 | 275 | 964 | 12 | 6685 |
| 2016 | 326 | 863 | 7 | 9664 |
| 2015 | 309 | 892 | 7 | 9568 |
| 2014 | 403 | 700 | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | 469 | 602 | 10 | 7537 |
| 2012 | 569 | 534 | 15 | 5720 |
| 2011 | 337 | 802 | 10 | 7502 |
| 2010 | 395 | 715 | 14 | 6036 |
| 2009 | 478 | 629 | 11 | 7236 |
| 2008 | 570 | 540 | 14 | 6070 |
| 2007 | 587 | 534 | 13 | 6262 |
| 2006 | 578 | 523 | 20 | 4520 |
| 2005 | 466 | 610 | 23 | 3941 |
| 2004 | 432 | 631 | 27 | 3456 |
| 2003 | 475 | 581 | 15 | 5035 |
| 2002 | 493 | 553 | 33 | 2817 |
| 2001 | 466 | 559 | 31 | 2931 |
| 2000 | 524 | 508 | 28 | 3075 |
| 1999 | 456 | 552 | 31 | 2722 |
| 1998 | 471 | 534 | 48 | 1987 |
| 1997 | 452 | 526 | 23 | 3160 |
| 1996 | 600 | 425 | 34 | 2332 |
| 1995 | 673 | 394 | 24 | 2923 |
| 1994 | 681 | 377 | 38 | 2123 |
| 1993 | 682 | 375 | 40 | 2007 |
| 1992 | 473 | 508 | 34 | 2214 |
| 1991 | 366 | 616 | 35 | 2095 |
| 1990 | 366 | 614 | 34 | 2128 |
| 1989 | 349 | 608 | 31 | 2206 |
| 1988 | 263 | 713 | 18 | 2961 |
| 1987 | 249 | 725 | 15 | 3201 |
| 1986 | 239 | 741 | 20 | 2601 |
| 1985 | 290 | 640 | 19 | 2598 |
| 1984 | 314 | 582 | 22 | 2292 |
| 1983 | 389 | 499 | 33 | 1711 |
| 1982 | 411 | 496 | 44 | 1441 |
| 1981 | 416 | 491 | 57 | 1207 |
| 1980 | 520 | 420 | 59 | 1187 |
| 1979 | 630 | 358 | 70 | 1056 |
| 1978 | 589 | 359 | 128 | 749 |
| 1977 | 712 | 330 | 120 | 778 |
| 1976 | 713 | 317 | 106 | 809 |
| 1975 | 864 | 281 | 130 | 725 |
| 1974 | 811 | 294 | 131 | 716 |
| 1973 | 894 | 275 | 145 | 661 |
| 1972 | 556 | 383 | 104 | 783 |
| 1971 | 398 | 484 | 59 | 1057 |
| 1970 | 335 | 554 | 67 | 989 |
| 1969 | 219 | 670 | 46 | 1152 |
| 1968 | 125 | 927 | 17 | 1962 |
| 1967 | 77 | 1209 | 12 | 2352 |
| 1966 | 66 | 1335 | 8 | 2986 |
| 1965 | 49 | 1595 | 6 | 3537 |
| 1964 | 57 | 1497 | 13 | 2310 |
| 1963 | 32 | 2094 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 29 | 2210 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 18 | 2957 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 19 | 2820 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 19 | 2678 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 19 | 2663 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 13 | 3309 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 8 | 4467 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 14 | 3095 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 11 | 3490 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | 5563 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 92% · boys 8% across all years