Kenna
#759 for girls in 2025, 357 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 98.2% of the time
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Kenna has never cracked the top 600 here.
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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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 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Dakota#178 · 1 in 508
- Idaho#312 · 1 in 1,078
- Kentucky#313 · 1 in 1,326
- New Mexico#378 · 1 in 1,310
- Washington#391 · 1 in 1,741
Best ever in a state: #144 in South Dakota, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #178 | 6 | 1 in 508 |
| Idaho | #312 | 6 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Kentucky | #313 | 14 | 1 in 1,326 |
| New Mexico | #378 | 5 | 1 in 1,310 |
| Washington | #391 | 18 | 1 in 1,741 |
| Tennessee | #437 | 16 | 1 in 1,947 |
| Utah | #455 | 9 | 1 in 1,979 |
| Iowa | #467 | 7 | 1 in 1,843 |
| Oklahoma | #471 | 9 | 1 in 1,870 |
| Missouri | #522 | 11 | 1 in 2,472 |
| Colorado | #530 | 10 | 1 in 2,339 |
| Nevada | #532 | 5 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Pennsylvania | #549 | 19 | 1 in 2,779 |
| Minnesota | #552 | 9 | 1 in 2,718 |
| Ohio | #573 | 18 | 1 in 2,932 |
| Arkansas | #574 | 5 | 1 in 2,364 |
| Indiana | #576 | 11 | 1 in 2,784 |
| Arizona | #606 | 11 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Alabama | #607 | 7 | 1 in 2,810 |
| Florida | #608 | 27 | 1 in 3,184 |
| Massachusetts | #621 | 8 | 1 in 3,160 |
| Wisconsin | #622 | 8 | 1 in 2,910 |
| South Carolina | #655 | 6 | 1 in 3,062 |
| Michigan | #663 | 12 | 1 in 3,516 |
| Virginia | #672 | 11 | 1 in 3,407 |
| Georgia | #728 | 13 | 1 in 3,746 |
| Illinois | #764 | 14 | 1 in 4,181 |
| Maryland | #776 | 6 | 1 in 4,017 |
| Texas | #852 | 34 | 1 in 4,990 |
| California | #887 | 38 | 1 in 5,404 |
| North Carolina | #1,391 | 5 | 1 in 9,081 |
| New York | #1,961 | 6 | 1 in 15,220 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
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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
- 34 spots since 2024 (#725 → #759)
- 77 spots since 2020 (#682 → #759)
- 82 spots since 2015 (#677 → #759)
- Biggest jump: 163 spots in 2015 (#840 → #677)
- Biggest drop: 103 spots in 2013 (#885 → #988)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 2016 at #658 (444 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
- 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
- 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.
Kenna in 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 4,230 of them was named Kenna, which outranked 96.5% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 273,820 of them was named Kenna, which outranked 31.9% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,744Zorawar8
- #8,744Zubin8
- #8,744Zyree8
- #9,568Kenna7
- #9,568Aadhyan7
- #9,568Aadrian7
- #9,568Aamari7
- #10,644Aadithya6
- #10,644Aadiv6
- #10,644Aahir6
Tied with 1,075 names at #9,568; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.