How popular is the name Kenna?

Kenna ranks 1,208th among girls' names in US records, with 13,413 births since 1924. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,144.

Is Kenna a unisex name?

No. Kenna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2016, when 444 children were given the name. It has been in use for 101 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,208 of girl names

Pronounced K EH1 N AH0 (ARPABET)

Kenna is a girls' name, and first appears in 1924. It has been given to 13,413 children — the 1,208th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 31% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2016, when 444 children were given it.

2016Girls: 444Boys: 11

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kenna?: Kenna ranks 1,208th among girls' names in US records, with 13,413 births since 1924. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,144.
Is Kenna a unisex name?: No. Kenna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kenna most popular?: 2016, when 444 children were given the name. It has been in use for 101 years and is still recorded as of 2024.