Makenna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- muh-KEN-uh
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #593 for girls
Makenna is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of Cionaodh”. In 2025 it ranked 593rd for girls in the US (495 babies).
What does Makenna mean?
Irish: spelling of McKenna, from Mac Cionaodha
“son of Cionaodh”
A spelling of McKenna, the Irish surname meaning son of Cionaodh, a name anglicised as Kenny or Kenneth.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Makenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Makenna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 495 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Makenna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Makenna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Makenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 2 | #7,494 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 2 | #6,929 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
How popular is Makenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 593rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 495 about 1 in 3,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 495 girls in the US were named Makenna, making it the 593rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 402nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 1,619 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Makenna than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Makenna in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,264 girls in the US were given Makenna or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #271, up from #593 for this spelling alone.
Makenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 495 | #593 |
| 2024 | 589 | #522 |
| 2023 | 649 | #474 |
| 2022 | 788 | #398 |
| 2021 | 844 | #366 |
| 2020 | 775 | #402 |
| 2019 | 833 | #376 |
| 2018 | 989 | #328 |
| 2017 | 979 | #333 |
| 2016 | 1,025 | #318 |
| 2015 | 1,117 | #289 |
| 2014 | 1,149 | #283 |
| 2013 | 1,293 | #248 |
| 2012 | 1,386 | #229 |
| 2011 | 1,451 | #219 |
| 2010 | 1,543 | #201 |
| 2009 | 1,370 | #243 |
| 2008 | 1,474 | #230 |
| 2007 | 1,459 | #244 |
| 2006 | 1,492 | #232 |
| 2005 | 1,619 | #213 |
| 2004 | 1,464 | #227 |
| 2003 | 1,451 | #225 |
| 2002 | 1,323 | #242 |
| 2001 | 1,217 | #263 |
| 2000 | 1,163 | #277 |
| 1999 | 1,114 | #280 |
| 1998 | 627 | #422 |
| 1997 | 600 | #429 |
| 1996 | 445 | #530 |
| 1995 | 312 | #682 |
| 1994 | 212 | #903 |
| 1993 | 130 | #1,297 |
| 1992 | 107 | #1,471 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,773 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
Nicknames for Makenna
- Kenna 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Makenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Sienna, Kiara, Brianna, Orla, Maeve, Aoife, Maeva, Myla, Cassidy, Mia, Niamh
Other spellings of Makenna
Names related to Makenna
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy, Callan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Makenna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/makenna, updated 20 October 2026.