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Kenyatta

girl name · African American origin · 3 syllables

Meaning

honoring Kenyan founding president Jomo Kenyatta; a name of the Black-pride era

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1970s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kenyatta peaked in the 1970s.

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