Kenya
A girls’ name of Kikuyu origin, meaning the mountain; geographic place name.
How Kenya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #894 |
| 2016 | #863 |
| 2017 | #963 |
Kenya by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Kenya. In the US, 287 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 894 babies in 1973, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kenya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kenya
Names that are said the same way as Kenya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Kenya, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Brynleehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix1,408 in the US (2017)
- Brynnhill; a form of Bryn1,097 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Sierramountain range; saw696 in the US (2017)
- Yaelmountain goat, strength and grace313 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kenya
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