Name meaning & stats
Kenya
Kenya means “handsome” (Scottish Gaelic origin). 27,553 US babies since 1940, peak 1973.
What it means
“handsome”
Scottish GaelicSpelling of Kenna
In US birth records
Peak year: 1973
27,553 US babies were named Kenya between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Kenya (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 45% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1973)