Kenney — boys' name

What the Data Says About Kenney

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,500 babies named Kenney between 1899 and 2020, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenney currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 94 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenney performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 507 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Kenney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 86 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Kenney in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenney 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 2,500 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.