NameTides

Kenna

Kenna was the #759 girls' name in the US in 2025 (357 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #1,373 in Canada.

Kenna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Kenna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Kenna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#759 (357)#5,927 (3)#632 (4)#1,373 (18)
2024#725 (389)#5,892 (3)#431 (7)#917 (30)
2023#745 (377)#3,599 (6)#749 (3)#1,044 (24)
2022#678 (430)#4,646 (4)#380 (8)#794 (34)
2021#709 (406)#2,711 (9)#792 (3)#1,110 (23)
2020#682 (416)#4,535 (4)#636 (4)#901 (30)
2019#664 (436)#4,686 (4)#650 (4)#1,342 (18)
2018#686 (426)#2,901 (8)—#1,164 (21)
2017#712 (404)#4,063 (5)#808 (3)#949 (28)
2016#658 (444)#3,609 (6)#798 (3)#702 (42)
2015#677 (422)#4,103 (5)—#583 (52)
2014#840 (329)#4,684 (4)#681 (4)#731 (38)
2013#988 (253)#4,739 (4)—#1,305 (18)
2012#885 (299)#3,681 (6)—#1,297 (19)
2011#835 (316)#4,764 (4)—#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #678.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1924.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kenna is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,200 to 1 in 5,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kenna by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #1,087NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #248IAIndiana: #721INOhio: #504OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,053CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #536CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #437OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,006TXFlorida: #864FL
Kenna (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KennaCanadaGirls#1,37318
KennaEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
KennaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KennaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KennaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KennaScotlandGirls#6324
KennaUSGirls#759357
KennaUSBoys#12,0085