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How popular is the name Kenya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kenyas are alive today.
Kenya (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. The name peaked in 1998, when 25 babies were given the name, the 869th most popular that year. It has declined since 1998; the 2025 figure is roughly 12% of its peak.
The Kenya you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Kenyas born in England and Wales are between 16 and 30, and there are at least 490 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Kenya - on average, only one in every 643 such rooms contains a Kenya.
How many babies are named Kenya each year?
Where does Kenya rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kenya most popular?
Kenya peaked in 1998, when 25 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Kenya?
At least 490 people named Kenya born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kenya?
Most living Kenyas are between 16 and 30; the most common age is about 27.
Is Kenya becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1998 peak.