How Many People Are Named Kenyatta?
people named Kenyatta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 48,098 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,471 babies named Kenyatta in Social Security records from 1961 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
443 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kenyatta, 57.7% were girls and 42.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kenyatta fell from 40.5% in the 1960s to 30.4% in the 2010s. It was highest in the 1980s, at 74.2%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kenyatta alive today is about 39 years old, and 77% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kenyatta first appears in the records in 1961 and was given most often in 1975, to 443 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Kenyatta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #690, in 1975. Among boys, its best rank was #533, in 1975.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #690 (1975) | #533 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #931 in the 1970s | #696 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kenyatta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kenyatta were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 735 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kenyatta was given 6.7 times as often in Mississippi, 4.3 times in Georgia and 3.8 times in South Carolina.
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