Kenya
5
Babies in 2024
-44%
10-year change
1998
Peak · 25
-29%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Kenya
Kenya peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (25 babies in 1998) and has remained in active use — 5 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Kenya reached its peak in 1998, when 25 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #869 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 5 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 381 girls have been officially registered with the name Kenya in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 91 girls were registered with the name, starting from 9 in 2014 and ending at 5 in 2024.