Makenna

Where Makenna comes from

A variant of McKenna invented in the 1980s.
— Wiktionary's entry for Makenna
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1982
    First appearance
    #7,469 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1998
    Makenna Jones born
    American tennis player
  3. 1998
    Makenna Cowgill born
    American actress
  4. 2010
    Peak, #201
    1,543 babies named Makenna — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #474.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Makenna Cowgill · American actress, born 1998
  • Makenna Jones · American tennis player, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.