Kenna Girl
How popular is Kenna?
#759 girl name in 2025
357 baby girls were named Kenna in the US in 2025, making it the 759th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Kenna popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #759 for girls (▼ 34 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 357 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #677 in 2015, #682 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (444 girls) |
| Highest rank | #658 in 2016 |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kenna counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kenna family of names ranked #671 for girls in 2025 (#622 the year before), with 402 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kenna is most popular
Babies named Kenna per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 0.9 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Iowa: 0.9 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Nebraska: 0.8 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.6 per 1,000 (45 girls)
- Kansas: 0.6 per 1,000 (35 girls)
Kenna by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 10 | #4,568 |
| 1930s | 63 | #2,578 |
| 1940s | 253 | #1,454 |
| 1950s | 521 | #1,259 |
| 1960s | 683 | #1,172 |
| 1970s | 735 | #1,289 |
| 1980s | 841 | #1,349 |
| 1990s | 1,409 | #998 |
| 2000s | 2,999 | #751 |
| 2010s | 3,647 | #658 |
| 2020s | 2,375 | #678 |
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Questions
- Is Kenna a boy or girl name?
- Kenna is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Kenna were girls.
- How popular is the name Kenna?
- 357 baby girls were named Kenna in the US in 2025, making it the 759th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Kenna most popular?
- Kenna peaked in 2016, when 444 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #658 in 2016.
- How many people are named Kenna?
- 13,781 babies have been named Kenna in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,267 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Kenna most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kenna was most common in South Dakota, at 0.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.