Kenney
Last seen for girls in 1977 at #9,652 · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #9,554
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 94 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,500since 1899
Kenney over time
Rank among boys' names. Kenney has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #7,537 | 10 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,173 | 9 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,875 | 13 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,492 | 14 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #5,667 | 12 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,573 | 16 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,650 | 14 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,160 | 23 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,202 | 22 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,999 | 22 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,915 | 22 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,488 | 27 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,545 | 25 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,035 | 31 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,020 | 30 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,684 | 19 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,504 | 20 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,098 | 25 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,284 | 22 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,903 | 28 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,068 | 23 | |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | — | #1,932 | 25 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,787 | 27 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,832 | 25 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,262 | 43 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,560 | 31 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,492 | 29 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,339 | 33 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,388 | 30 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,043 | 49 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,144 | 43 | |
| 1964 | — | #989 | 58 | |
| 1963 | — | #961 | 61 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,069 | 51 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,013 | 59 | |
| 1960 | — | #788 | 94 | |
| 1959 | — | #864 | 78 | |
| 1958 | — | #844 | 80 | |
| 1957 | — | #897 | 71 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,056 | 51 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,114 | 44 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,101 | 46 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,055 | 47 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,261 | 34 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,434 | 26 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,072 | 43 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,145 | 39 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,213 | 36 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,236 | 32 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,270 | 27 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,255 | 28 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,308 | 28 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,167 | 35 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,333 | 25 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,334 | 25 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,323 | 25 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,397 | 23 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,088 | 12 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,608 | 19 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,093 | 12 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,787 | 19 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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| 1899 | — | #1,051 | 5 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Kenney! It came in at #1,051, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1915, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kenney is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Kentucky#331 · 1 in 4,523
- Massachusetts#355 · 1 in 11,285
- Mississippi#402 · 1 in 4,616
- Alabama#497 · 1 in 7,692
- Michigan#608 · 1 in 19,294
Best ever in a state: #331 in Kentucky, 1959.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #331 | 8 | 1 in 4,523 |
| Massachusetts | #355 | 5 | 1 in 11,285 |
| Mississippi | #402 | 6 | 1 in 4,616 |
| Alabama | #497 | 5 | 1 in 7,692 |
| Michigan | #608 | 5 | 1 in 19,294 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kenney
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 159 spots in 1957 (#1,056 → #897)
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1961 (#788 → #1,013)
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1960 at #788 (94 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1957–1960
- Highest: 1 in 21,242 boys born in 1899 were named Kenney (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,582 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #788 in 1960, was only 1 in 22,684 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.3% of all boys named Kenney (507) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,051 (1899) | #1,051 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 23 | #3,516 (1916) | #3,739 |
| 1920s | 100 | #1,787 (1926) | #2,678 |
| 1930s | 167 | #1,323 (1939) | #1,800 |
| 1940s | 318 | #1,072 (1949) | #1,233 |
| 1950s | 507 | #844 (1958) | #1,100 |
| 1960s | 507 | #788 (1960) | #1,123 |
| 1970s | 268 | #1,262 (1972) | #1,856 |
| 1980s | 232 | #2,020 (1987) | #2,345 |
| 1990s | 198 | #2,488 (1990) | #3,521 |
| 2000s | 120 | #4,573 (2000) | #6,462 |
| 2010s | 48 | #6,626 (2012) | #9,142 |
| 2020s | 7 | #9,554 (2020) | #9,554 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kenney in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
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2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 27,366 of them was named Kenney, which outranked 81.1% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).