girls:
12.8k births since 1924
#1380 (76th percentile)
boys:
239 births since 1915
#4347 (5th percentile)
overall:
13k births since 1915
#2306 (70th percentile)
The name Kenna is the #2,306 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,018 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 70.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 70.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,380 (75.9% percentile) for all time with 12,779 births since 1924. For boys, it ranks #4,347 (5.2% percentile) for all time with 239 births since 1915.
Kenna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1924 for girls). Birth data for Kenna is available in 97 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (94 years for girls and 34 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 Kenna has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.2% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1930, the name was more popular for boys (69.7% boys from 1915 to 1929), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (98.3% girls from 1930 to 2023).
For girls, Kenna reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 42.6% percentile (ranked #550) with 229 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 239 births per million (ranked 41.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kenna ranks #600 for girls (36.7% percentile) with 213 births per million, which is 89.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kenna reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #633) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1915, with 8 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kenna ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 34.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenna".
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