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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kenney

Kenney was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 794th with 94 babies. More babies were named Kenney in the 1950s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
196094 babies
Total since 1880
2,505babies recorded

Kenney popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1977.

YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020#10,1127
2010——
2000#4,69416
1990#2,52927
1980#2,32722
1970#1,56530
1960#79494
1950#1,45326
1940#1,34925
1930#2,37112
1920#3,3608
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Kenney, counting every spelling?

Kenney has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Kenney?

About 1,700 people born in the US named Kenney are alive today, with a median age of 58; half are between 39 and 68. That makes Kenney a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Kenney by state

How common Kenney was among boys born in each state in 1958–1962, around its peak. In 37 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesMI0.01New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMA0.02Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIN0.03Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMO0.02Kentucky: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesKY0.04West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAR0.05Tennessee: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTN0.03North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMS0.09Alabama: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesAL0.06Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kenney, boys, 1958–1962. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Kenney: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kenney, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Kenney

How popular is the name Kenney?

Kenney was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 794th with 94 babies. More babies were named Kenney in the 1950s than in any other decade.

Is Kenney a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 5 girls and 2,500 boys.

Where was Kenney most popular?

In 1958–1962, Kenney was most common in Mississippi (0.09 per 1,000 boys), followed by Alabama and Arkansas.