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).

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13,267living people named Kenna (est.)
18median age of people named Kenna
13,781babies named Kenna since 1880
1 in 9,158US babies born in 2025

Kenna popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#759 for girls (▼ 34 from 2024)
Babies in 2025357 girls, 5 boys
10-year trendFalling (-15% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#677 in 2015, #682 in 2020
Peak year2016 (444 girls)
Highest rank#658 in 2016
First recorded1924
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)1% boys, 99% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.3% 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.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Kenna 357 89%
Keanna 16 4%
Keana 16 4%
Kena 13 3%

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.

  1. South Dakota: 0.9 per 1,000 (13 girls)
  2. Iowa: 0.9 per 1,000 (53 girls)
  3. Nebraska: 0.8 per 1,000 (27 girls)
  4. Oklahoma: 0.6 per 1,000 (45 girls)
  5. Kansas: 0.6 per 1,000 (35 girls)

Kenna by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1920s10#4,568
1930s63#2,578
1940s253#1,454
1950s521#1,259
1960s683#1,172
1970s735#1,289
1980s841#1,349
1990s1,409#998
2000s2,999#751
2010s3,647#658
2020s2,375#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.