Kenny — #1352 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kenny

The Social Security Administration has registered 51,777 babies named Kenny between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kenny currently holds the #1352 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 1,937 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenny performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 12,365 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Kenny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,385 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kenny in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenny 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 51,777 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.