Kenny
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #1,267 for boys in 2025, 155 births
Given to boys 99.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1960 · 1,934 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 51,931since 1908
Kenny over time
Rank among boys' names. Kenny has never cracked the top 100 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 | #13,208 | 6 | #1,267 | 155 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #1,355 | 140 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #1,223 | 162 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #1,228 | 160 |
| 2021 | — | #1,218 | 158 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,086 | 182 | |
| 2019 | — | #862 | 257 | |
| 2018 | — | #998 | 207 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #958 | 217 |
| 2016 | — | #897 | 242 | |
| 2015 | — | #892 | 247 | |
| 2014 | — | #846 | 265 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #795 | 283 |
| 2012 | — | #746 | 310 | |
| 2011 | — | #701 | 328 | |
| 2010 | — | #630 | 385 | |
| 2009 | — | #618 | 404 | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #537 | 493 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #505 | 522 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #497 | 521 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #461 | 555 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #481 | 520 |
| 2003 | — | #475 | 527 | |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #447 | 550 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #465 | 511 |
| 2000 | — | #430 | 566 | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #446 | 513 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | #477 | 458 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #417 | 555 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #407 | 569 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #399 | 574 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #387 | 602 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #406 | 570 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #437 | 505 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #465 | 452 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #430 | 516 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #394 | 556 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #392 | 506 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #361 | 539 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #349 | 541 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #335 | 573 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #349 | 528 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #337 | 548 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #319 | 598 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #303 | 633 |
| 1980 | — | #330 | 574 | |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #358 | 493 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #371 | 431 |
| 1977 | — | #393 | 402 | |
| 1976 | — | #376 | 417 | |
| 1975 | — | #410 | 354 | |
| 1974 | — | #365 | 448 | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #354 | 470 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #344 | 501 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #311 | 605 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #302 | 668 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #289 | 676 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #265 | 751 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #246 | 820 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #232 | 928 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #217 | 1,103 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #200 | 1,403 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #203 | 1,453 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #189 | 1,594 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #179 | 1,701 |
| 1960 | #3,212 | 15 | #169 | 1,934 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | #174 | 1,763 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | #197 | 1,422 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #231 | 1,073 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #255 | 803 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #272 | 689 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #301 | 571 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #317 | 512 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #300 | 555 |
| 1951 | — | #317 | 487 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #299 | 514 |
| 1949 | — | #291 | 544 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #265 | 617 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #251 | 692 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | #254 | 609 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #253 | 520 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #275 | 467 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #295 | 434 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #307 | 400 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #312 | 345 |
| 1940 | — | #314 | 317 | |
| 1939 | — | #326 | 285 | |
| 1938 | — | #378 | 223 | |
| 1937 | — | #391 | 199 | |
| 1936 | — | #491 | 133 | |
| 1935 | — | #522 | 122 | |
| 1934 | — | #657 | 84 | |
| 1933 | — | #703 | 73 | |
| 1932 | — | #793 | 64 | |
| 1931 | — | #733 | 70 | |
| 1930 | — | #873 | 57 | |
| 1929 | — | #975 | 48 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,125 | 39 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,145 | 39 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,515 | 24 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1923 | — | #1,502 | 25 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,882 | 17 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
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| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kenny! It came in at #1,217, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kenny is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#144 · 1 in 985
- Arkansas#153 · 1 in 910
- Missouri#181 · 1 in 1,462
- Tennessee#187 · 1 in 1,529
- Kansas#194 · 1 in 1,453
Best ever in a state: #71 in Arkansas, 1964.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #144 | 36 | 1 in 985 |
| Arkansas | #153 | 23 | 1 in 910 |
| Missouri | #181 | 31 | 1 in 1,462 |
| Tennessee | #187 | 26 | 1 in 1,529 |
| Kansas | #194 | 16 | 1 in 1,453 |
| Indiana | #204 | 25 | 1 in 2,031 |
| Ohio | #224 | 37 | 1 in 2,789 |
| West Virginia | #227 | 10 | 1 in 2,253 |
| North Carolina | #246 | 25 | 1 in 2,162 |
| Iowa | #251 | 9 | 1 in 3,341 |
| Alabama | #255 | 17 | 1 in 2,274 |
| Virginia | #255 | 17 | 1 in 2,486 |
| South Carolina | #262 | 13 | 1 in 2,349 |
| Arizona | #267 | 6 | 1 in 2,062 |
| Mississippi | #267 | 12 | 1 in 2,407 |
| Oklahoma | #268 | 10 | 1 in 2,457 |
| Colorado | #287 | 6 | 1 in 3,052 |
| Georgia | #287 | 16 | 1 in 2,933 |
| Florida | #296 | 12 | 1 in 3,189 |
| Michigan | #301 | 17 | 1 in 5,246 |
| Texas | #343 | 41 | 1 in 2,897 |
| California | #344 | 30 | 1 in 4,955 |
| Pennsylvania | #363 | 12 | 1 in 9,787 |
| Illinois | #384 | 13 | 1 in 7,786 |
| Louisiana | #416 | 8 | 1 in 4,915 |
| New York | #611 | 8 | 1 in 20,519 |
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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 Kenny
- 88 spots since 2024 (#1,355 → #1,267)
- 181 spots since 2020 (#1,086 → #1,267)
- 375 spots since 2015 (#892 → #1,267)
- Biggest jump: 150 spots in 1929 (#1,125 → #975)
- Biggest drop: 224 spots in 2020 (#862 → #1,086)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1960 at #169 (1,934 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1929–2019
- Highest: 1 in 1,103 boys born in 1960 were named Kenny (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,020 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 23.8% of all boys named Kenny (12,363) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 11 | #1,217 (1908) | #1,329 |
| 1910s | 85 | #1,746 (1912) | #2,276 |
| 1920s | 262 | #975 (1929) | #1,733 |
| 1930s | 1,310 | #326 (1939) | #587 |
| 1940s | 4,945 | #251 (1947) | #282 |
| 1950s | 8,389 | #174 (1959) | #266 |
| 1960s | 12,363 | #169 (1960) | #219 |
| 1970s | 4,789 | #302 (1970) | #358 |
| 1980s | 5,596 | #303 (1981) | #347 |
| 1990s | 5,314 | #387 (1994) | #427 |
| 2000s | 5,169 | #430 (2000) | #492 |
| 2010s | 2,741 | #630 (2010) | #833 |
| 2020s | 957 | #1,086 (2020) | #1,230 |
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.
Kenny in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 313,550 of them was named Kenny, which outranked 22.4% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,595Yevette7
- #4,595Zelia7
- #4,595Zeta7
- #5,040Kenny6
- #5,040Abelina6
- #5,040Adah6
- #5,040Adelfa6
- #5,673Abagail5
- #5,673Adelene5
- #5,673Adelmira5
Tied with 632 names at #5,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 3,852 of them was named Kenny, which outranked 92.7% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.