Kena is a rare variant of Kenna that peaked in 1975 and has grown less common since.
Kena is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #8,105 for girl births in the United States (and #13,939 across all names), given to 13 babies. Kena first appears in 1947 and peaked in 1975 (70 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | #8,105 | — |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | #6,285 | — |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | #6,797 | #8,597 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | #6,347 | #13,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,526 |
| 2020 | 16 | 16 | #10,705 | #10,107 |
| 2019 | 15 | 15 | #7,536 | — |
| 2018 | 22 | 22 | #8,899 | #7,905 |
| 2017 | 21 | 21 | #8,085 | #10,261 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10 | #10,485 | — |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | #11,395 | #13,101 |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | #9,856 | #13,118 |
| 2013 | 22 | 22 | #5,923 | — |
| 2012 | 15 | 15 | #11,760 | #11,565 |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #8,419 | — |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #10,837 | — |
| 2009 | 12 | 12 | #9,709 | — |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | #6,040 | — |
| 2007 | 14 | 14 | #8,787 | — |
| 2006 | 24 | 24 | #5,631 | — |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | #6,996 | — |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | #6,369 | — |
| 2003 | 26 | 26 | #4,877 | — |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | #8,058 | — |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | #7,978 | — |
| 2000 | 21 | 21 | #5,404 | — |
| 1999 | 13 | 13 | #7,471 | — |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #5,939 | — |
| 1997 | 22 | — | #4,740 | — |
| 1996 | 21 | — | #4,813 | — |
| 1995 | 21 | — | #4,764 | — |
| 1994 | 23 | — | #4,439 | — |
| 1993 | 23 | — | #4,461 | — |
| 1992 | 24 | — | #4,302 | — |
| 1991 | 32 | — | #3,403 | — |
| 1990 | 28 | — | #3,755 | — |
| 1989 | 19 | — | #4,756 | — |
| 1988 | 29 | — | #3,348 | — |
| 1987 | 37 | — | #2,688 | — |
| 1986 | 30 | — | #3,088 | — |
| 1985 | 45 | — | #2,270 | — |
| 1984 | 21 | — | #3,800 | — |
| 1983 | 32 | — | #2,748 | — |
| 1982 | 40 | — | #2,428 | — |
| 1981 | 51 | — | #2,039 | — |
| 1980 | 55 | — | #1,950 | — |
| 1979 | 47 | — | #2,129 | — |
| 1978 | 58 | — | #1,775 | — |
| 1977 | 50 | — | #1,962 | — |
| 1976 | 63 | — | #1,591 | — |
| 1975 | 70 | — | #1,466 | — |
| 1974 | 43 | — | #1,978 | — |
| 1973 | 56 | — | #1,632 | — |
| 1972 | 51 | — | #1,736 | — |
| 1971 | 42 | — | #2,017 | — |
| 1970 | 42 | — | #1,995 | — |
| 1969 | 39 | — | #2,012 | — |
| 1968 | 46 | — | #1,736 | — |
| 1967 | 27 | — | #2,351 | — |
| 1966 | 28 | — | #2,278 | — |
| 1965 | 31 | — | #2,135 | — |
| 1964 | 33 | — | #2,088 | — |
| 1963 | 30 | — | #2,186 | — |
| 1962 | 18 | — | #2,977 | — |
| 1961 | 21 | — | #2,711 | — |
| 1960 | 12 | — | #3,807 | — |
| 1959 | 18 | — | #2,815 | — |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #5,146 | — |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #4,710 | — |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #4,308 | — |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #4,956 | — |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #4,801 | — |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #5,204 | — |
| 1948 | 5 | — | #5,626 | — |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #5,014 | — |