Kenyatta is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1975 and has since faded.
Kenyatta is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2024. Kenyatta was first reported in SSA data in 1961 and peaked in 1975 (217 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | #14,387 | #8,682 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,602 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,044 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | #16,508 | #6,192 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 | #14,303 | #9,166 |
| 2019 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,268 |
| 2018 | 21 | 21 | #16,925 | #5,669 |
| 2017 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,419 |
| 2016 | 25 | 25 | #9,156 | #6,546 |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 | #10,514 | #7,787 |
| 2014 | 23 | 23 | #15,632 | #5,380 |
| 2013 | 23 | 23 | #15,609 | #5,294 |
| 2012 | 38 | 38 | #8,893 | #4,077 |
| 2011 | 44 | 44 | #7,997 | #3,656 |
| 2010 | 32 | 32 | #10,137 | #4,611 |
| 2009 | 42 | 42 | #6,432 | #4,671 |
| 2008 | 60 | 60 | #7,230 | #2,858 |
| 2007 | 59 | 59 | #4,881 | #3,651 |
| 2006 | 56 | 56 | #4,743 | #3,850 |
| 2005 | 64 | 64 | #3,620 | #3,996 |
| 2004 | 88 | 88 | #3,534 | #2,439 |
| 2003 | 72 | 72 | #3,770 | #2,821 |
| 2002 | 87 | 87 | #3,693 | #2,110 |
| 2001 | 101 | 101 | #2,862 | #2,100 |
| 2000 | 106 | 106 | #3,558 | #1,675 |
| 1999 | 119 | 119 | #2,549 | #1,679 |
| 1998 | 142 | 142 | #1,857 | #1,732 |
| 1997 | 132 | — | #2,123 | #1,562 |
| 1996 | 161 | — | #1,677 | #1,459 |
| 1995 | 157 | — | #1,537 | #1,614 |
| 1994 | 172 | — | #1,500 | #1,446 |
| 1993 | 182 | — | #1,372 | #1,502 |
| 1992 | 178 | — | #1,302 | #1,760 |
| 1991 | 199 | — | #1,162 | #1,712 |
| 1990 | 190 | — | #1,159 | #1,886 |
| 1989 | 136 | — | #1,476 | #1,973 |
| 1988 | 146 | — | #1,297 | #1,932 |
| 1987 | 148 | — | #1,224 | #1,997 |
| 1986 | 127 | — | #1,319 | #2,192 |
| 1985 | 151 | — | #1,195 | #1,817 |
| 1984 | 163 | — | #1,048 | #1,956 |
| 1983 | 169 | — | #1,056 | #1,616 |
| 1982 | 174 | — | #1,089 | #1,454 |
| 1981 | 206 | — | #1,005 | #1,182 |
| 1980 | 265 | — | #931 | #873 |
| 1979 | 316 | — | #799 | #803 |
| 1978 | 345 | — | #802 | #668 |
| 1977 | 313 | — | #918 | #670 |
| 1976 | 343 | — | #849 | #605 |
| 1975 | 443 | — | #690 | #533 |
| 1974 | 266 | — | #1,018 | #666 |
| 1973 | 265 | — | #968 | #671 |
| 1972 | 244 | — | #925 | #754 |
| 1971 | 164 | — | #1,605 | #788 |
| 1970 | 147 | — | #1,493 | #901 |
| 1969 | 71 | — | #2,278 | #1,269 |
| 1968 | 36 | — | #3,515 | #1,762 |
| 1967 | 33 | — | #4,445 | #1,625 |
| 1966 | 26 | — | #4,661 | #1,930 |
| 1965 | 17 | — | #6,141 | #2,551 |
| 1964 | 25 | — | #4,217 | #2,261 |
| 1963 | 27 | — | #4,133 | #2,081 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #6,198 | — |
| 1961 | 6 | — | — | #3,850 |