Kena
- #7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #8,255
- Given to girls 96.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 70 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,848since 1947
Kena over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kena has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #6,229 | 19 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | #8,166 | 9 | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,804 | 26 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,369 | 32 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,306 | 29 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,253 | 45 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,726 | 21 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,414 | 40 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,028 | 51 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,936 | 55 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,112 | 47 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,765 | 58 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,952 | 50 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,585 | 63 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,459 | 70 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,622 | 56 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,724 | 51 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,003 | 39 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,728 | 46 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,327 | 27 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,172 | 30 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,673 | 21 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
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| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
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| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1947
The first year at least five girls were named Kena! It came in at #4,764, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1948–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kena is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kena in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kena
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1,718 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #7,885)
- 2,365 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #7,885)
- 2,981 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #7,885)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1975 at #1,459 (70 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,827
- Highest: 1 in 20,827 girls born in 1975 were named Kena (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 28.2% of all girls named Kena (522) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #4,764 (1947) | #5,004 |
| 1950s | 62 | #2,760 (1959) | #4,370 |
| 1960s | 285 | #1,728 (1968) | #2,394 |
| 1970s | 522 | #1,459 (1975) | #1,817 |
| 1980s | 359 | #1,936 (1980) | #2,877 |
| 1990s | 224 | #3,369 (1991) | #4,720 |
| 2000s | 182 | #4,804 (2003) | #6,809 |
| 2010s | 126 | #5,834 (2013) | #9,003 |
| 2020s | 77 | #6,167 (2024) | #7,442 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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