Kenna
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Kenna is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “descendant of Cionaodh”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 759th for girls in the US (357 babies).
What does Kenna mean?
Scottish
“descendant of Cionaodh”
A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, masculine equivalent Kenneth.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 357 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Kenna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Kenna, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Kenna than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Kenna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2022, 92% of the babies named Kenna in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Kenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
How popular is Kenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #759among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 357about 1 in 4,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 357 girls in the US were named Kenna, making it the 759th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 682nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 444 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924. 5 boys were also named Kenna in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Kenna than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Kenna in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 370 girls in the US were given Kenna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #737, up from #759 for this spelling alone.
- Kenna 357
- Kena 13
Kenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 357 | #759 |
| 2024 | 389 | #725 |
| 2023 | 377 | #745 |
| 2022 | 430 | #678 |
| 2021 | 406 | #709 |
| 2020 | 416 | #682 |
| 2019 | 436 | #664 |
| 2018 | 426 | #686 |
| 2017 | 404 | #712 |
| 2016 | 444 | #658 |
| 2015 | 422 | #677 |
| 2014 | 329 | #840 |
| 2013 | 253 | #988 |
| 2012 | 299 | #885 |
| 2011 | 316 | #835 |
| 2010 | 318 | #844 |
| 2009 | 378 | #751 |
| 2008 | 335 | #842 |
| 2007 | 343 | #834 |
| 2006 | 289 | #913 |
| 2005 | 293 | #863 |
| 2004 | 320 | #795 |
| 2003 | 301 | #821 |
| 2002 | 286 | #808 |
| 2001 | 239 | #927 |
| 2000 | 215 | #984 |
| 1999 | 205 | #998 |
| 1998 | 187 | #1,049 |
| 1997 | 171 | #1,095 |
| 1996 | 156 | #1,162 |
| 1995 | 140 | #1,222 |
| 1994 | 129 | #1,309 |
| 1993 | 104 | #1,505 |
| 1992 | 98 | #1,572 |
| 1991 | 107 | #1,474 |
| 1990 | 112 | #1,406 |
| 1989 | 102 | #1,441 |
| 1988 | 105 | #1,353 |
| 1987 | 81 | #1,552 |
| 1986 | 81 | #1,515 |
| 1985 | 97 | #1,349 |
| 1984 | 85 | #1,381 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,665 |
| 1982 | 80 | #1,489 |
| 1981 | 72 | #1,615 |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,605 |
| 1979 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1978 | 64 | #1,653 |
| 1977 | 85 | #1,341 |
| 1976 | 64 | #1,568 |
| 1975 | 73 | #1,430 |
| 1974 | 73 | #1,399 |
| 1973 | 77 | #1,312 |
| 1972 | 79 | #1,289 |
| 1971 | 81 | #1,322 |
| 1970 | 79 | #1,330 |
| 1969 | 71 | #1,355 |
| 1968 | 67 | #1,365 |
| 1967 | 51 | #1,581 |
| 1966 | 59 | #1,430 |
| 1965 | 68 | #1,323 |
| 1964 | 88 | #1,172 |
| 1963 | 78 | #1,241 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,359 |
| 1961 | 69 | #1,342 |
| 1960 | 66 | #1,353 |
| 1959 | 62 | #1,357 |
| 1958 | 59 | #1,378 |
| 1957 | 66 | #1,300 |
| 1956 | 68 | #1,259 |
| 1955 | 56 | #1,346 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,421 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,490 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,539 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,361 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,678 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,488 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,597 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,896 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,677 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,659 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,454 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,702 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,116 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
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