Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kena

#4,599 most common girls' name of all time · #7,822 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1947–2025

Rank among girls
#4,599
Rank overall
#7,822 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
1,911
Since 2016
175
Peak year
1975 #1,472
Best rank
#1,472 1975
Girls Boys peak 70/yr
1960198020002020

Kena first appears in 1947. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 13 13 #7,974
2024 19 19 #6,220
2023 17 9 26 #6,731
2022 19 5 24 #6,282
2021 9 9
2020 9 7 16 #10,379
2019 15 15 #7,419
2018 12 10 22 #8,721
2017 14 7 21 #7,927
2016 10 10 #10,230
2015 9 5 14 #11,021
2014 11 5 16 #9,613
2013 22 22 #5,872
2012 9 6 15 #11,384
2011 14 14 #8,277
2010 10 10 #10,578
2009 12 12 #9,472
2008 23 23 #6,004
2007 14 14 #8,617
2006 24 24 #5,580
2005 17 17 #6,882
2004 19 19 #6,284
2003 26 26 #4,839
2002 13 13 #7,922
2001 13 13 #7,824
2000 21 21 #5,355
1999 13 13 #7,358
1998 17 17 #5,867
1997 22 22 #4,701
1996 21 21 #4,776
1995 21 21 #4,722
1994 23 23 #4,417
1993 23 23 #4,430
1992 24 24 #4,284
1991 32 32 #3,396
1990 28 28 #3,761
1989 19 19 #4,726
1988 29 29 #3,340
1987 37 37 #2,682
1986 30 30 #3,086
1985 45 45 #2,270
1984 21 21 #3,790
1983 32 32 #2,747
1982 40 40 #2,428
1981 51 51 #2,039
1980 55 55 #1,949
1979 47 47 #2,138
1978 58 58 #1,772
1977 50 50 #1,970
1976 63 63 #1,595
1975 70 70 #1,472
1974 43 43 #1,984
1973 56 56 #1,640
1972 51 51 #1,735
1971 42 42 #2,028
1970 42 42 #2,005
1969 39 39 #2,019
1968 46 46 #1,745
1967 27 27 #2,361
1966 28 28 #2,296
1965 31 31 #2,140
1964 33 33 #2,105
1963 30 30 #2,207
1962 18 18 #3,014
1961 21 21 #2,732
1960 12 12 #3,853
1959 18 18 #2,850
1958 7 7 #5,253
1957 8 8 #4,822
1956 9 9 #4,397
1955 7 7 #5,094
1953 7 7 #4,940
1952 6 6 #5,430
1948 5 5 #5,906
1947 6 6 #5,254