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Kenyah

3 syllablesPeak year: 20076 lettersStarts with K

Meaning & origin

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Kenyah's popularity over time

Yearly US births named Kenyah, Social Security Administration data
YearBirths named Kenyah
199415
19957
19966
19979
19989
19999
200017
200111
200215
200311
200411
200515
200629
200730
200825
200927
201026
201120
201211
201326
201412
201510
201617
201712
20197
20205
202110
20226
20237

Kenyah through the decades

  • Kenyah peaked in 2007, when 30 babies were named Kenyah in the US.
  • Over the last 10 years of data (2013–2023), use of Kenyah has fallen 45% compared to the 10 years before that.

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