Meaning not yet researched.
Kenney: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #794 in 1960.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #794 in 1960. No US babies were recorded with the name Kenney in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #794 in 1960.
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Kenney: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #794 in 1960 · most boys in one year: 94 (1960).
Fewer than five US boys were named Kenney in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #794, reached in 1960. That year also had the most boys given the name: 94. For comparison, it was #10,131 in 2015 and #1,453 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kenney in 101 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1899 with 5 babies. In all, 2,505 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 507 babies named Kenney.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 19 US boys were named Kenney; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 7.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Kenny (52,479 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Kenney in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | — | — | 7 | #10,112 |
| 2017 | — | — | 6 | #11,519 |
| 2016 | — | — | 6 | #11,486 |
| 2015 | — | — | 7 | #10,131 |
| 2013 | — | — | 10 | #7,841 |
| 2012 | — | — | 12 | #6,841 |
| 2011 | — | — | 7 | #10,244 |
| 2009 | — | — | 10 | #8,021 |
| 2008 | — | — | 12 | #6,991 |
| 2007 | — | — | 9 | #8,598 |
| 2006 | — | — | 7 | #10,165 |
| 2005 | — | — | 13 | #6,054 |
| 2004 | — | — | 14 | #5,648 |
| 2003 | — | — | 12 | #6,073 |
| 2002 | — | — | 15 | #5,036 |
| 2001 | — | — | 12 | #5,864 |
| 2000 | — | — | 16 | #4,694 |
| 1999 | — | — | 15 | #4,661 |
| 1998 | — | — | 14 | #4,772 |
| 1997 | — | — | 23 | #3,218 |
| 1996 | — | — | 22 | #3,255 |
| 1995 | — | — | 12 | #4,968 |
| 1994 | — | — | 20 | #3,402 |
| 1993 | — | — | 21 | #3,203 |
| 1992 | — | — | 22 | #3,066 |
| 1991 | — | — | 22 | #2,957 |
| 1990 | — | — | 27 | #2,529 |
| 1989 | — | — | 25 | #2,576 |
| 1988 | — | — | 31 | #2,068 |
| 1987 | — | — | 30 | #2,035 |
| 1986 | — | — | 19 | #2,737 |
| 1985 | — | — | 20 | #2,556 |
| 1984 | — | — | 25 | #2,133 |
| 1983 | — | — | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1982 | — | — | 19 | #2,558 |
| 1981 | — | — | 22 | #2,298 |
| 1980 | — | — | 22 | #2,327 |
| 1979 | — | — | 28 | #1,925 |
| 1978 | — | — | 23 | #2,107 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,365 | 19 | #2,412 |
| 1976 | — | — | 25 | #1,962 |
| 1975 | — | — | 27 | #1,813 |
| 1974 | — | — | 25 | #1,864 |
| 1973 | — | — | 17 | #2,363 |
| 1972 | — | — | 43 | #1,275 |
| 1971 | — | — | 31 | #1,580 |
| 1970 | — | — | 30 | #1,565 |
| 1969 | — | — | 29 | #1,512 |
| 1968 | — | — | 33 | #1,352 |
| 1967 | — | — | 30 | #1,398 |
| 1966 | — | — | 49 | #1,049 |
| 1965 | — | — | 43 | #1,151 |
| 1964 | — | — | 58 | #996 |
| 1963 | — | — | 61 | #966 |
| 1962 | — | — | 51 | #1,078 |
| 1961 | — | — | 59 | #1,022 |
| 1960 | — | — | 94 | #794 |
| 1959 | — | — | 78 | #866 |
| 1958 | — | — | 80 | #845 |
| 1957 | — | — | 71 | #905 |
| 1956 | — | — | 51 | #1,060 |
| 1955 | — | — | 44 | #1,123 |
| 1954 | — | — | 46 | #1,107 |
| 1953 | — | — | 30 | #1,392 |
| 1952 | — | — | 47 | #1,059 |
| 1951 | — | — | 34 | #1,271 |
| 1950 | — | — | 26 | #1,453 |
| 1949 | — | — | 43 | #1,076 |
| 1948 | — | — | 39 | #1,152 |
| 1947 | — | — | 36 | #1,223 |
| 1946 | — | — | 32 | #1,250 |
| 1945 | — | — | 27 | #1,287 |
| 1944 | — | — | 28 | #1,274 |
| 1943 | — | — | 28 | #1,330 |
| 1942 | — | — | 35 | #1,182 |
| 1941 | — | — | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1940 | — | — | 25 | #1,349 |
| 1939 | — | — | 25 | #1,344 |
| 1938 | — | — | 23 | #1,418 |
| 1937 | — | — | 12 | #2,145 |
| 1936 | — | — | 17 | #1,689 |
| 1935 | — | — | 17 | #1,732 |
| 1934 | — | — | 19 | #1,642 |
| 1933 | — | — | 12 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | — | — | 15 | #1,962 |
| 1931 | — | — | 15 | #1,967 |
| 1930 | — | — | 12 | #2,371 |
| 1929 | — | — | 15 | #2,055 |
| 1928 | — | — | 11 | #2,576 |
| 1927 | — | — | 10 | #2,812 |
| 1926 | — | — | 19 | #1,823 |
| 1925 | — | — | 9 | #3,033 |
| 1924 | — | — | 7 | #3,681 |
| 1923 | — | — | 9 | #3,067 |
| 1922 | — | — | 12 | #2,568 |
| 1920 | — | — | 8 | #3,360 |
| 1919 | — | — | 5 | #4,493 |
| 1918 | — | — | 6 | #3,943 |
| 1917 | — | — | 6 | #3,767 |
| 1916 | — | — | 6 | #3,696 |
| 1899 | — | — | 5 | #1,137 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).