Cena

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Cena has been given to 434 babies in the U.S. since 1883. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1922, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Cena, 2018

1 in 703,000

Cena over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Cena: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cena means

Cena is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Cena is used in Old English.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Old English, Cena is pronounced /ˈke.nɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 428 girls were recorded with the name Cena between 1883 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1922; its best national rank was #838 in 1883.

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Cena between 2010 and 2010. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2010; its best national rank was #10,976 in 2010.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Cena?

Cena had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018: 1 in 703,000; 5 of 3,516,853 births
Among girls only: 1 in 340,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2018: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 487,541 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Cena sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2018 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 487,541 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cena. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cenas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cena was born before 1956 — so the typical Cena is around 69 today.

Median birth year: 1956; About 69 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 14.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 7.0%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 254; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 14.7% of all recorded uses (63).

Is Cena rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1922 (11)
Years since peak: 103; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #838; 1883

Spellings of Cena

Cena is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 19.0% against Cena's <0.01%.

Anna19.0%914,859
Edna6.1%295,116
Tina6.1%292,146
Eva5.9%284,761
Dana4.0%193,555
Cora3.2%156,028
Gina3.2%153,057
Vera3.1%149,456

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Cena by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #838; 1883
Peak year: 1922; 11 that year
First recorded: 1883
Last recorded: 2018
All-time count: 428
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,976; 2010
Peak year: 2010; 6 that year
First recorded: 2010
Last recorded: 2010
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Cena

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Hena Yena Bena Arena Ciena Cennet Cendy Zeena Veena Seena Thena Abena Ilena Mena Kena Olena Zelena Adeena Eleena Amena Gimena Halena Cerena Alaena

Sibling names for Cena

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Albertha Bethel Verla Lorine Elvera Rubie Tressie Filomena

For a brother

Trinidad Hobert Harland Walton Elden Elroy Olen Hoyt

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