Gender: Girl
Meaning: Born of fire, handsome, comely
Origin: Irish/Scottish
Popularity: Ranked #725 in 2024 with 388 babies born.
History: Kenna surged in the 2010s-2020s as a standalone form of McKenna. Reign's Queen Mary's lady-in-waiting Kenna brought it CW drama energy. The streamlined name drops the 'Mc' prefix entirely. Kenna represents the American love of abbreviation — why keep two syllables you don't need?
Name length: 5 letters
How common is Kenna? About 1 in 8,579 babies born in 2024 were named Kenna, or roughly 1.1 per day in the United States.
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