Cena — girls' name
428 babies named Cena in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
15% of everyone ever named Cena was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Cena in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Cena
The Social Security Administration has registered 428 babies named Cena between 1883 and 2018, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Cena performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Cena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Cena in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 428 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Cena at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Cena popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1883
- Peak year (1922)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 136 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
428 total births across 136 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 11 births in a single year.
Cena popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 2010 (Cena as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Cena accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Cena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 63 births that decade — 15% of Cena's all-time total
Cena decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Cena's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1883–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.