Unisex name · since 1914
Kearney
275 babies named Kearney in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,127 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 275
- born since 1914
- 1940s
- peak decade
275 boys have been named Kearney since 1914, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kearney has 275 recorded births among boys since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2007.
- #11,127 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 275 born since 1914
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kearney ranks #11,127 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 275 born since 1914, peaking in the 1940s.
- #11,127 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 275
- born since 1914
- 1940s
- peak decade
Kearney's 275 recorded births place it above 75.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kearney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kearney's SSA record in two at 1941 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1930, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1924 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kearney popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2007
- Peak year (1924)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 94 years of records
Kearney popularity over time - girls
52 total births recorded since 1994 (Kearney as girls' name)
Kearney by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (57 births, 21% of the file).
1940s was Kearney's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Kearney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
37 births
- 1920s
1920s
45 births
- 1930s
1930s
54 births
- 1940s
1940s
57 births
- 1950s
1950s
50 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 57 births (21% of all-time use).
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- Kearney's decade-level peak was the 1940s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kearney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kearney draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.