Kenney
Kenney was last recorded in 2020, when 7 babies were given it; 2,505 Americans have been recorded with it between 1899 and 2020 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,740 Americans named Kenney and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 39 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kenney by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kenney?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,106, in 2020; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
94 babies in 1960, the peak
Kenney peaked in 1960, when 94 boys were given it, #793 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #10,106 | 4.1 |
| 2017 | 6 | #11,514 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 6 | #11,481 | 3.2 |
| 2015 | 7 | #10,125 | 3.7 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,836 | 5.3 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,835 | 6.3 |
| 2011 | 7 | #10,237 | 3.7 |
| 2009 | 10 | #8,016 | 5.0 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,986 | 5.9 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,592 | 4.3 |
Every recorded year (101)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 7 | #10,159 | 3.4 |
| 2005 | 13 | #6,048 | 6.5 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,642 | 7.1 |
| 2003 | 12 | #6,066 | 6.1 |
| 2002 | 15 | #5,029 | 7.7 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,857 | 6.2 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,687 | 8.1 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,655 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,767 | 7.3 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,213 | 12.2 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,249 | 11.6 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,962 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,396 | 10.4 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,197 | 10.7 |
| 1992 | 22 | #3,060 | 11.0 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,951 | 10.9 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,524 | 13.1 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,570 | 12.5 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,063 | 16.2 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,031 | 16.1 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,734 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,554 | 10.8 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,132 | 13.9 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,534 | 10.6 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,557 | 10.5 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,297 | 12.3 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,326 | 12.3 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,925 | 16.3 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,107 | 14.0 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,412 | 11.6 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,961 | 15.9 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,812 | 17.3 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,864 | 15.9 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,361 | 10.9 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,275 | 26.5 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,579 | 17.5 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,564 | 16.1 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,512 | 16.2 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,352 | 19.0 |
| 1967 | 30 | #1,397 | 17.2 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,049 | 27.5 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,151 | 23.1 |
| 1964 | 58 | #996 | 29.1 |
| 1963 | 61 | #965 | 30.0 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,077 | 24.7 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,021 | 27.8 |
| 1960 | 94 | #793 | 44.1 |
| 1959 | 78 | #865 | 36.5 |
| 1958 | 80 | #844 | 37.7 |
| 1957 | 71 | #904 | 32.9 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,059 | 24.1 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,122 | 21.4 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,106 | 22.6 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,391 | 15.2 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,058 | 24.2 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,270 | 18.1 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,452 | 14.5 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,075 | 24.2 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,151 | 22.2 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,222 | 19.7 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,249 | 19.7 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,286 | 20.1 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,274 | 20.5 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,329 | 19.6 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,182 | 25.3 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,354 | 20.4 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,349 | 21.6 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,344 | 22.6 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,418 | 20.7 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,145 | 11.3 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,689 | 16.4 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,732 | 16.3 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,642 | 18.4 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,159 | 12.1 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,962 | 14.4 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,967 | 14.4 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,370 | 10.9 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,054 | 13.9 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,576 | 9.9 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,811 | 8.9 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,823 | 17.1 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,031 | 8.1 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,680 | 6.2 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,065 | 8.2 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,567 | 11.0 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,359 | 7.5 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,491 | 5.1 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,942 | 5.9 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,766 | 6.5 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,695 | 6.7 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,136 | 47.1 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Kenney a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Kenney has been given almost only to boys: 5 girls in 101 years of records.
Girls and boys named Kenney: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kenney, and how old are they?
1,740 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 2,505 Americans ever recorded as Kenney. The median Kenney alive today is 58 years old; half are between 39 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 1,434 people named Kenney (88 women and girls, 1,346 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,897 born in the U.S. The Census count is 24% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 85 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 670 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 420 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 338 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 187 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 36 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Kenney is a less common spelling of Kenny: SSA has recorded 2,505 Kenney and 52,479 Kenny since 1880.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kenney
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.