Kenna
- #759 for girls in 2025, 357 births
- #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Given to girls 98.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2016 · 444 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,536since 1924
Kenna over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kenna has never cracked the top 600 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #759 | 357 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #725 | 389 | — | |
| 2023 | #745 | 377 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #678 | 430 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #709 | 406 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #682 | 416 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #664 | 436 | — | |
| 2018 | #686 | 426 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #712 | 404 | — | |
| 2016 | #658 | 444 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #677 | 422 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #840 | 329 | — | |
| 2013 | #988 | 253 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #885 | 299 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #835 | 316 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #844 | 318 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #751 | 378 | — | |
| 2008 | #842 | 335 | — | |
| 2007 | #834 | 343 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #913 | 289 | — | |
| 2005 | #863 | 293 | — | |
| 2004 | #795 | 320 | — | |
| 2003 | #821 | 301 | — | |
| 2002 | #808 | 286 | — | |
| 2001 | #928 | 239 | — | |
| 2000 | #985 | 215 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,000 | 205 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,050 | 187 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #1,096 | 171 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,164 | 156 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,225 | 140 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,312 | 129 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,507 | 104 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,575 | 98 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #1,478 | 107 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,410 | 112 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,444 | 102 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,354 | 105 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,553 | 81 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,515 | 81 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,350 | 97 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #1,381 | 85 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,489 | 80 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,615 | 72 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #1,605 | 72 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,795 | 60 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #1,653 | 64 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,341 | 85 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,568 | 64 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,430 | 73 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,399 | 73 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,312 | 77 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,289 | 79 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #1,322 | 81 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,330 | 79 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,355 | 71 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,365 | 67 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,581 | 51 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #1,430 | 59 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,323 | 68 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,172 | 88 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,241 | 78 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,343 | 69 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,354 | 66 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #1,358 | 62 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #1,379 | 59 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,301 | 66 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #1,260 | 68 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #1,347 | 56 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,422 | 50 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #1,491 | 43 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,540 | 39 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,362 | 47 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,489 | 38 | #3,298 | 6 |
| 1948 | #1,598 | 34 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #2,973 | 7 |
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| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #4,347 | 5 |
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| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1924
The first year at least five girls were named Kenna! It came in at #5,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1929, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kenna is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Iowa#248 · 1 in 841
- Oklahoma#437 · 1 in 1,642
- Wisconsin#484 · 1 in 2,026
- Ohio#504 · 1 in 2,251
- Washington#511 · 1 in 2,220
Best ever in a state: #144 in South Dakota, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #248 | 14 | 1 in 841 |
| Oklahoma | #437 | 9 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Wisconsin | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,026 |
| Ohio | #504 | 21 | 1 in 2,251 |
| Washington | #511 | 13 | 1 in 2,220 |
| Pennsylvania | #515 | 20 | 1 in 2,334 |
| Colorado | #536 | 10 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Minnesota | #597 | 8 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Massachusetts | #624 | 8 | 1 in 3,004 |
| Alabama | #633 | 7 | 1 in 2,617 |
| Missouri | #640 | 8 | 1 in 3,037 |
| Illinois | #667 | 14 | 1 in 3,166 |
| Indiana | #721 | 8 | 1 in 3,489 |
| North Carolina | #729 | 13 | 1 in 3,576 |
| Virginia | #758 | 9 | 1 in 3,749 |
| New Jersey | #774 | 9 | 1 in 3,944 |
| Arizona | #818 | 7 | 1 in 4,031 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Michigan | #863 | 8 | 1 in 4,466 |
| Florida | #864 | 18 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Georgia | #915 | 10 | 1 in 4,521 |
| Texas | #1,006 | 28 | 1 in 5,734 |
| California | #1,053 | 25 | 1 in 6,469 |
| New York | #1,087 | 13 | 1 in 6,025 |
| Tennessee | #1,127 | 5 | 1 in 6,415 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kenna
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 77 spots since 2020 (#682 → #759)
- Biggest jump: 163 spots in 2015
- Biggest drop: 103 spots in 2013
Rise & fade · girls
92 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 2016 at #658 (444 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,814
- Highest: 1 in 3,814 girls born in 2022 were named Kenna (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,502 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #658 in 2016, was only 1 in 3,991 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 26.9% of all girls named Kenna (3,647) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | #4,570 (1929) | #4,816 |
| 1930s | 63 | #2,579 (1938) | #3,301 |
| 1940s | 253 | #1,455 (1944) | #1,804 |
| 1950s | 521 | #1,260 (1956) | #1,414 |
| 1960s | 683 | #1,172 (1964) | #1,352 |
| 1970s | 735 | #1,289 (1972) | #1,444 |
| 1980s | 841 | #1,350 (1985) | #1,497 |
| 1990s | 1,409 | #1,000 (1999) | #1,282 |
| 2000s | 2,999 | #751 (2009) | #854 |
| 2010s | 3,647 | #658 (2016) | #779 |
| 2020s | 2,375 | #678 (2022) | #716 |
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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