girls:
2.2k births since 1952
#3677 (36th percentile)
boys:
141 births since 1956
#4445 (3rd percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1952
#5482 (29th percentile)
The name Keena is the #5,482 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,328 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 29.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,677 (35.7% percentile) for all time with 2,187 births since 1952. For boys, it ranks #4,445 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 141 births since 1956.
Keena first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for girls and 1956 for boys). Birth data for Keena is available in 71 out of the 72 years between 1952 and 2023 (71 years for girls and 12 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Keena has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Keena reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 19.9% percentile (ranked #595) with 95 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 95 births per million (ranked 19.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Keena ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 3.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Keena reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #654) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 24 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1993.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keena".
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