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Kenna
Pronounced /ˈkɛnə/
Rank in 2024
#724
Born in 2024
388
Peak year
2016 · #659
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 388 girls were named Kenna, about 1 in every 4,158.
- It peaked in 2016 with 444 babies, ranked #659.
- It first shows up in the records in 1924.
- 13,173 girls have been named Kenna since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Kenna per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 195 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,014 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,123 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,615 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,495 babies, 0.15 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,726 babies, 0.23 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
As a Scottish surname, shortened from McKenna. As a Manx and Irish surname, from Ó Cionaodha / Ó Cionaoith (“descendant of Cionaodh”), a name usually Anglicized as Kenneth.
- A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, masculine equivalent Kenneth.
- Origin
- Scottish Gaelic
- Say it
- /ˈkɛnə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Kenna, CC BY-SA 4.0.