Kennia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 16 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kennia by the numbers

Kennia was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 36 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kennia

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 Kennia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kennahandsome; from Kenneth403 in the US (2017)
  • Kenniroyal; a form of Kenneth6 in the US (2017)
  • Kenia404 in the US (2017)
  • Kennya15 in the US (2017)
  • Kenyia6 in the US (2017)
  • Kenziefair one; a form of Mackenzie840 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kennia

Names that are said the same way as Kennia, 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 Kennia

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