Kenita

Girl · recorded 1954–1996

  • 1996last recorded
  • 1979best year

Most popular in 1979.

Last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Kenita.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1954

081619541965197519861996

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 33 recorded years as a table
Kenita, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19543
19553
19583
19592
19653
19663
19673
19683
19693
19703
19725
19738
197410
197510
197611
197714
19789
197916
19808
198112
198215
198310
19849
19858
19865
19879
19884
19895
19904
19914
19924
19933
19963

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Kenita isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1996
5
Rank in 1996
#13,518
How rare
1 in 350,601 girls
Since 1954
354

Kenita was last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1979, at 16 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Kenita doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.