Keniah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Keniah by the numbers

Keniah was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 27 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Keniah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Keniah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • KeziahGod's cinnamon, God's fragrance60 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kenia404 in the US (2017)
  • Keniyah24 in the US (2017)
  • Kennah16 in the US (2017)
  • Kaniah13 in the US (2017)
  • Kenyah12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Keniah

Names that are said the same way as Keniah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kenyathe mountain; geographic place name287 in the US (2017)
  • Keyonna34 in the US (2017)
  • Keona7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Keyanna28 in the US (2017)
  • Keyana21 in the US (2017)
  • Keonna3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Keniah

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