Girls' name · since 1957
Kenni
Since 1957, U.S. Social Security records show 339 babies named Kenni, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,913 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,611 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 339
- born since 1957
- 2020s
- peak decade
339 babies have been named Kenni since 1957, making it today's #6611 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenni has been recorded 339 times among girls since 1957, currently ranked #6611 nationally and more common than 62% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2025.
- #14,913 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,611 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 339 born since 1957
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenni ranks #14,913 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,611 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 339 born since 1957, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,913 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,611 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 339
- born since 1957
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kenni's 339 recorded births place it above 79.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kenni compares
339 47th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kenni's all-time total is 10% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kenni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 339 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kenni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kenni splits its recorded history at 1995: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kenni popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Kenni popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2001 (Kenni as boys' name)
Kenni by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (71 births, 21% of the file).
2020s was Kenni's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Kenni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1960s
1960s
46 births
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 71 births (21% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kenni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~68 yrs)
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, 1957–2025 (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 Kenni 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.