Kearney — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kearney

The Social Security Administration has registered 275 babies named Kearney between 1914 and 2007, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kearney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Kearney is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 52 additional births since 1994.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kearney performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kearney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kearney in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 275 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.