Kena
Mostly girls · KEE-na
Kena is a name. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Kena come from?
- Say it
- KEE-na
Is Kena a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kena has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US.
How popular is Kena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Kena, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the girls named Kena in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 370 girls in the US were given Kena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #737, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
- Kenna 357
- Kena 13
Kena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 40 | #2,414 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 55 | #1,936 |
| 1979 | 47 | #2,112 |
| 1978 | 58 | #1,765 |
| 1977 | 50 | #1,952 |
| 1976 | 63 | #1,585 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,459 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,961 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,622 |
| 1972 | 51 | #1,724 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,986 |
| 1969 | 39 | #2,003 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,728 |
| 1967 | 27 | #2,327 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,248 |
| 1965 | 31 | #2,110 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,070 |
| 1963 | 30 | #2,171 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 21 | #2,672 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 18 | #2,759 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
Names like Kena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brenna Brynn Kiara Keely Cassidy Breanna Keegan Keeley Kaitlyn Brianna Bryanna Teagan