Kenney
#2,738 most common boys' name of all time · #6,595 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1899–2020
Rank among boys
#2,738
Rank overall
#6,595 of 105,966
First appeared
1899
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
2,505
Since 2016
19
Peak year
1960 #795
Best rank
#795 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 94/yr
Kenney first appears in 1899. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,598 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,853 |
| 2016 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,803 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,622 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,565 |
| 2012 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,645 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,661 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,736 |
| 2008 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,795 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,221 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,635 |
| 2005 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,904 |
| 2004 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,527 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,902 |
| 2002 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,940 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,693 |
| 2000 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,595 |
| 1999 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,556 |
| 1998 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,677 |
| 1997 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,173 |
| 1996 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,216 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,828 |
| 1994 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,350 |
| 1993 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,158 |
| 1992 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,015 |
| 1991 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,926 |
| 1990 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,503 |
| 1989 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,558 |
| 1988 | — | 31 | 31 | #2,050 |
| 1987 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,029 |
| 1986 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,700 |
| 1985 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,527 |
| 1984 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,112 |
| 1983 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,509 |
| 1982 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,534 |
| 1981 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,283 |
| 1980 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,300 |
| 1979 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,921 |
| 1978 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,084 |
| 1977 | 5 | 19 | 24 | #2,379 |
| 1976 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,953 |
| 1975 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,800 |
| 1974 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,849 |
| 1973 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,340 |
| 1972 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,270 |
| 1971 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,575 |
| 1970 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,555 |
| 1969 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,507 |
| 1968 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,350 |
| 1967 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,398 |
| 1966 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,054 |
| 1965 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,152 |
| 1964 | — | 58 | 58 | #994 |
| 1963 | — | 61 | 61 | #966 |
| 1962 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,079 |
| 1961 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,019 |
| 1960 | — | 94 | 94 | #795 |
| 1959 | — | 78 | 78 | #868 |
| 1958 | — | 80 | 80 | #847 |
| 1957 | — | 71 | 71 | #901 |
| 1956 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,065 |
| 1955 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,127 |
| 1954 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,108 |
| 1953 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,399 |
| 1952 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,061 |
| 1951 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,271 |
| 1950 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,450 |
| 1949 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,080 |
| 1948 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,156 |
| 1947 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,228 |
| 1946 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,252 |
| 1945 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1944 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,274 |
| 1943 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,332 |
| 1942 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,187 |
| 1941 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 1940 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,356 |
| 1939 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,346 |
| 1938 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,419 |
| 1937 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,135 |
| 1936 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,676 |
| 1935 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,737 |
| 1934 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,641 |
| 1933 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,148 |
| 1932 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,959 |
| 1931 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,954 |
| 1930 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,357 |
| 1929 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1928 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,562 |
| 1927 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,773 |
| 1926 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,817 |
| 1925 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,002 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,592 |
| 1923 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,011 |
| 1922 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,528 |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,270 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,270 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,631 |
| 1916 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,599 |
| 1899 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,196 |