How rare is the name Kenna?

10,812 people in the United States have the first name Kenna, about 1 in 27,935. It ranks #2,338 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KENNA

#2,338

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,812
About
1 in 27,935
This common or more
79.4%
Who bears it

Of the 10,812 people named Kenna, 80.3% reported their origin as White, 6% as two or more races and 5.6% as Black. 97.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kenna peaked in 2016, when 455 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
455
In 2025*
362 ▼20%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,781 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kenna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,381. The largest share of babies named Kenna, 37.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#10,6457
1920s#9,45026
1930s#5,66370
1940s#2,813281
1950s#2,273555
1960s#2,167695
1970s#2,308748
1980s#2,387857
1990s#2,1351,423
2000s#1,5283,004
2010s#1,4273,705
2020s#1,3812,410
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–451.6%
Baby boom 1946–647.7%
Generation X 1965–808.3%
Millennials 1981–9611.9%
Generation Z 1997–1232.9%
2013 and later37.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kenna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kenna has been most common in Utah (3.5×), Idaho (2.5×), and Colorado (2.4×), and least common in New Jersey (0.22×).

9,680 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kenna

#2,336 Patience · 10,871#2,337 Hernan · 10,838#2,339 An · 10,800#2,340 Kailee · 10,797

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kenna, most common first.

#875 Kenny · 51,666#1,467 Kenya · 22,943#1,921 Kenia · 14,680#5,805 Keanna · 2,864#6,139 Keona · 2,646#6,871 Keana · 2,284#7,260 Keena · 2,118#7,779 Kena · 1,922

Also a last name

As a last name, Kenna ranks #17,852 of 156,621, with 1,543 people. See Kenna as a last name

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