Kena — #6191 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kena

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,835 babies named Kena between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kena currently holds the #6191 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 522 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kena in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kena 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 1,835 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.