Kenna

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kenna: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kenna: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #431, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#431highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2000	#3247
2001	#3998
2002	#3409
2004	#3197
2005	#3970
2007	#4294
2009	#4564
2011	#4764
2012	#3681
2013	#4739
2014	#4684
2015	#4103
2016	#3609
2017	#4063
2018	#2901
2019	#4686
2020	#4535
2021	#2711
2022	#4645
2023	#3598
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #431 among girls in Scotland, #5891 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kenna appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 25 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 117 births with the name.

Kenna across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kenna's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#2096 (1996)	#5891 (2024)	25 of 29	117 (1996–2024)	9 (2021)
England and Wales · Boys	#3009 (2004)	#3009 (2004)	#4052 (2006)	2 of 3	7 (2004–2006)	4 (2004)

Kenna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kenna in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	4 of 10	4
2000s	28	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	46	9 of 10	5
2020s	26	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kenna appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #431 in Scotland in 2024.

Kenna's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#431	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #431, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kenji · #1534, 21y
Kenley · #1241, 16y
Kennedy · #351, 30y
Kennet · #334, 36y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mairi · #431, 26y
Aarush · #432, 21y
Caris · #430, 26y
Georgia-Mae · #432, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Mairi · #431, 26y
Sunny · #431, 30y
Abram · #432, 18y
Aleigha · #432, 26y

Kenna was ranked #431 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kenna and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kenna without appearing here.

Kenna moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4686 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2711 and #5581.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #5666.
George Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3197 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Kenna

Shea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3015.
Freddie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3318.
Ada Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1543.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1666.

Moved the opposite way to Kenna

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenna went from #2096 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenna went from #2096 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenna went from #2096 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenna went from #2096 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Kenna

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenna went from #2096 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenna went from #2096 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenna went from #2096 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kenna went from #2096 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #431 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kenna

Kenna at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kenna across 2 official records

Kenna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kenna appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kenna at a glance

Kenna across 2 official records

Kenna by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kenna appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kenna

Kenna and the names beside it

Kenna moved ahead of

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