Kena

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kena by the numbers

Kena was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 70 babies in 1975, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Kena

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Konalady; woman31 in the US (2017)
  • Kanareed or plant; biblical reference to Cana15 in the US (2017)
  • Keenasmall keen one; a form of Keenan13 in the US (2017)
  • Kenta6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kena

Names that are said the same way as Kena, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kennahandsome; from Kenneth403 in the US (2017)
  • Keanabeautiful; a form of Keena4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kenai97 in the US (2017)
  • Queena28 in the US (2017)
  • Keanna27 in the US (2017)
  • Kennah16 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kena

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