Kenyada
Feminine
Kenyada is given to both — 565 girls and 146 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Kenyada joins Kenya to a soft -da ending, making a three-syllable name with the stress in the middle. It has been given mostly to girls and to a real minority of boys.
How old is the name Kenyada?
Kenyada first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Kenyada alive today was born around 1986, making them about 39 years old. About 600 people named Kenyada are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kenyada most popular?
Kenyada peaked in 1982, reaching #2704 nationally. See the whole 1982 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kenyada
The end of Kenyada sounds like Ada, and one Ada has a place in the history of every machine that runs on code: Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, who wrote notes on Charles Babbage's planned Analytical Engine that included a method for calculating numbers step by step, now counted as the first published computer program. Kenyada has no recorded tie to her, but its ending carries her name, and its opening carries a country's.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source records a meaning for Kenyada. It begins with Kenya, the country's name, and ends like Ada and Rhonda; no record says who first joined them or why.
Pronouncing Kenyada
ken-YAH-duh
Stress on the middle syllable.
Nicknames for Kenyada
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 198234 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2704reached in 1982
- Change vs 2004
- −50.0%5 in 2007, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kenyadas among us
people named Kenyada are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Kenyada sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It has a strong, clear rhythm.
- Kenya and Kay give two short forms.
- People will write Kenyatta or Kenyetta.
- Most children given it are girls; a boy named Kenyada may be taken for a girl on paper.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kenyadas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Kenyada are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kenyada in 2025?
- Kenyada is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kenyada with classmates?
- Kenyada will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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