Fun Facts About the Name Makennah
- 703 babies named Makennah: U.S. records list 703 babies given the name Makennah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Makennah Mean?
Makennah is a respelling of Makenna, a feminine given name formed from the Irish surname McKenna. That surname is an anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaoith, "son of Cionaoith," in which mac means "son." The literal sense carried over from the surname is therefore "son of Cionaoith."
The meaning of the personal name Cionaoith is the uncertain part. It is an early Irish name with no firmly settled etymology. A common traditional reading connects it to cion ("affection, respect") and to aodh ("fire"), giving the customary gloss "born of fire" or "fiery." That fiery meaning should be treated as a long-standing interpretation rather than a securely documented translation.
Makennah Name History & Origins
The root of the name is the Gaelic Irish patronymic Mac Cionaoith, borne by a family that held the district of Truagh in County Monaghan. In English-language records the surname appears in forms such as McKenna, MacKenna, and Kenna; in anglicized spelling the personal name was shortened to the -kenna element.
Makenna is a late twentieth-century American and Canadian formation, part of a broader pattern in which Irish and Scottish surnames were adopted as girls' given names, as with Kennedy and Reagan. Makennah belongs to the same family of spellings as Makenna, Mackenna, and Makena, a variant spelling that fixes the pronunciation while giving the name its own written form.
The Hawaiian place name Makena, as in Makena Beach on Maui, is not related to the Irish-derived name despite the similar spelling.
How Popular is the Name Makennah?
Makennah has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #3,313 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,377 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #16,805 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #10,027 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #8,239 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #6,919 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2018 | #6,982 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #4,884 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2016 | #5,546 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2015 | #4,272 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2014 | #4,854 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2013 | #5,762 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2012 | #4,349 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2011 | #4,206 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2010 | #3,550 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2009 | #3,334 | 50 | 0.0027% |
| 2008 | #3,456 | 48 | 0.0025% |
| 2007 | #3,313 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 2006 | #6,048 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #3,918 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2004 | #4,889 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2003 | #6,787 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #6,572 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2001 | #4,938 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2000 | #4,735 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1999 | #4,035 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1998 | #6,947 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #10,415 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #9,267 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #12,728 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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