Kenney vs Kent

Side-by-side comparison of Kenney and Kent - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

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Kenney

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Name B

Kent

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Metric Kenney Kent
Current Rank Unranked #1632
Total Births (all years) 2,500 69,322
Peak Year 1960 1962
Peak Year Births 94 2,587
Peak Decade 1950s 1960s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1899 1885

Births by Decade

Decade Kenney Kent
1880s - 5
1890s 5 31
1900s - 55
1910s 23 388
1920s 100 1,082
1930s 167 3,123
1940s 318 8,346
1950s 507 18,691
1960s 507 19,258
1970s 268 6,728
1980s 232 4,999
1990s 198 2,902
2000s 120 1,615
2010s 48 1,425
2020s 7 674

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Kenney Kent
2014 - 149
2015 7 157
2016 6 164
2017 6 140
2018 - 157
2019 - 122
2020 7 121
2021 - 130
2022 - 116
2023 - 102
2024 - 104
2025 - 101

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1899–2020.

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