Unisex name · since 1980
Keny
217 babies named Keny in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,458 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 217
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
217 boys have been named Keny since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Keny has 217 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2023.
- #12,458 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 217 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Keny ranks #12,458 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 217 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,458 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 217
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Keny's 217 recorded births place it above 72.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Keny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Keny's full recorded timeline at 2004, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Keny popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2023
- Peak year (2010)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Keny popularity over time - girls
11 total births recorded since 1994 (Keny as girls' name)
Keny by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (87 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Keny's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Keny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s 9
2020s
9 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (40% of all-time use).
Keny by state
Where Keny concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 217 births nationwide.
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What to do with Keny's data
- Keny's decade-level peak was the 2000s (87 total births); usage has since declined to 9 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kenys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Keny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1980–2023 (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 Keny 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.