Kenyan Popularity by Year
Follow Kenyan across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kenyan birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Boys | 7 | #9,894 | Down 3,674 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 14 | #6,220 | Down 73 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 14 | #6,147 | Up 188 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 13 | #6,335 | Down 884 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 16 | #5,451 | Down 812 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 21 | #4,639 | Up 467 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 18 | #5,106 | Up 1,232 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 13 | #6,338 | Down 2,139 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 24 | #4,199 | Up 512 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 20 | #4,711 | Down 820 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 26 | #3,891 | Down 769 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 35 | #3,122 | Down 120 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 38 | #3,002 | Down 98 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 40 | #2,904 | Up 10 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 40 | #2,914 | Down 513 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 53 | #2,401 | Up 66 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 51 | #2,467 | Down 51 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 53 | #2,416 | Down 266 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 60 | #2,150 | Up 56 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 5 | #17,168 | Down 2,137 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 54 | #2,206 | Up 1,430 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 25 | #3,636 | Up 640 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 19 | #4,276 | Down 606 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 23 | #3,670 | Up 1,720 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 13 | #5,390 | Down 2,091 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 25 | #3,299 | Up 1,238 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 5 | #15,031 | — |
| 1999 | Boys | 15 | #4,537 | Up 113 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 14 | #4,650 | Down 591 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 16 | #4,059 | Up 126 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 15 | #4,185 | Up 1,743 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 9 | #5,928 | Down 60 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 9 | #5,868 | Down 508 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 10 | #5,360 | Down 488 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 11 | #4,872 | Down 641 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 13 | #4,231 | Up 2,184 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 7 | #6,415 | Down 186 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 7 | #6,229 | Down 444 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 6 | #5,785 | Down 1,860 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 10 | #3,925 | Up 1,694 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 6 | #5,619 | Down 1,110 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 8 | #4,509 | Down 14 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 8 | #4,495 | Up 860 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 6 | #5,355 | Down 2,140 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 12 | #3,215 | Down 12 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 12 | #3,203 | Up 521 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 9 | #3,724 | Up 217 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 8 | #3,941 | Up 693 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 6 | #4,634 | Down 940 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 8 | #3,694 | Up 747 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | Down 478 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 7 | #3,963 | Up 761 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 5 | #4,724 | — |