Name meaning & stats
Kenia
Kenia means “handsome” (Scottish Gaelic origin). 10,228 US babies since 1940, peak 2016.
What it means
“handsome”
Scottish GaelicSpelling of Kenna
In US birth records
Peak year: 2016
10,228 US babies were named Kenia between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Kenia (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 6 Kenyas spell it Kenia
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2016)