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by lacampbell 2424 days ago
Presumably named after Jomo Kenyatta, who was Kenyas first president in the 60s and 70s.

I can't really tell you why that name took off, maybe due to some of these Americans, who were presumably named after the Kenyan president?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyatta_(given_name)