Kenny
#495 most common boys' name of all time · #1,069 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1908–2025
Rank among boys
#495
Rank overall
#1,069 of 105,966
First appeared
1908
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
52,479
Since 2016
1,922
Peak year
1960 #169
Best rank
#169 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 1,949/yr
Kenny first appears in 1908. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 155 | 161 | #1,268 |
| 2024 | 15 | 140 | 155 | #1,356 |
| 2023 | 9 | 162 | 171 | #1,223 |
| 2022 | 7 | 160 | 167 | #1,229 |
| 2021 | — | 158 | 158 | #1,218 |
| 2020 | — | 182 | 182 | #1,091 |
| 2019 | — | 257 | 257 | #866 |
| 2018 | — | 207 | 207 | #1,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 217 | 222 | #959 |
| 2016 | — | 242 | 242 | #898 |
| 2015 | — | 247 | 247 | #893 |
| 2014 | — | 265 | 265 | #846 |
| 2013 | 5 | 283 | 288 | #795 |
| 2012 | — | 310 | 310 | #746 |
| 2011 | — | 328 | 328 | #701 |
| 2010 | — | 385 | 385 | #631 |
| 2009 | — | 404 | 404 | #618 |
| 2008 | 10 | 493 | 503 | #537 |
| 2007 | 5 | 522 | 527 | #507 |
| 2006 | 8 | 521 | 529 | #498 |
| 2005 | 9 | 555 | 564 | #462 |
| 2004 | 10 | 520 | 530 | #481 |
| 2003 | — | 527 | 527 | #475 |
| 2002 | 11 | 550 | 561 | #447 |
| 2001 | 9 | 511 | 520 | #465 |
| 2000 | — | 566 | 566 | #431 |
| 1999 | 8 | 513 | 521 | #448 |
| 1998 | 7 | 458 | 465 | #478 |
| 1997 | 9 | 555 | 564 | #417 |
| 1996 | 10 | 569 | 579 | #407 |
| 1995 | 8 | 574 | 582 | #399 |
| 1994 | 11 | 602 | 613 | #387 |
| 1993 | 11 | 570 | 581 | #406 |
| 1992 | 10 | 505 | 515 | #437 |
| 1991 | 6 | 452 | 458 | #465 |
| 1990 | 7 | 516 | 523 | #431 |
| 1989 | 7 | 556 | 563 | #394 |
| 1988 | 7 | 506 | 513 | #392 |
| 1987 | 8 | 539 | 547 | #362 |
| 1986 | 10 | 541 | 551 | #349 |
| 1985 | 6 | 573 | 579 | #335 |
| 1984 | 5 | 528 | 533 | #350 |
| 1983 | 6 | 548 | 554 | #337 |
| 1982 | 9 | 598 | 607 | #319 |
| 1981 | 9 | 633 | 642 | #303 |
| 1980 | — | 574 | 574 | #330 |
| 1979 | 9 | 493 | 502 | #358 |
| 1978 | 7 | 431 | 438 | #373 |
| 1977 | — | 402 | 402 | #393 |
| 1976 | — | 417 | 417 | #376 |
| 1975 | — | 354 | 354 | #410 |
| 1974 | — | 448 | 448 | #365 |
| 1973 | 11 | 470 | 481 | #355 |
| 1972 | 6 | 501 | 507 | #344 |
| 1971 | 8 | 605 | 613 | #311 |
| 1970 | 6 | 668 | 674 | #302 |
| 1969 | 8 | 676 | 684 | #289 |
| 1968 | 7 | 751 | 758 | #265 |
| 1967 | 11 | 820 | 831 | #246 |
| 1966 | 10 | 928 | 938 | #232 |
| 1965 | 8 | 1,103 | 1,111 | #217 |
| 1964 | 10 | 1,403 | 1,413 | #200 |
| 1963 | 9 | 1,453 | 1,462 | #203 |
| 1962 | 11 | 1,594 | 1,605 | #189 |
| 1961 | 12 | 1,701 | 1,713 | #179 |
| 1960 | 15 | 1,934 | 1,949 | #169 |
| 1959 | 11 | 1,763 | 1,774 | #174 |
| 1958 | 11 | 1,422 | 1,433 | #197 |
| 1957 | 8 | 1,073 | 1,081 | #231 |
| 1956 | 8 | 803 | 811 | #255 |
| 1955 | 5 | 689 | 694 | #272 |
| 1954 | 6 | 571 | 577 | #301 |
| 1953 | 6 | 512 | 518 | #317 |
| 1952 | 8 | 555 | 563 | #301 |
| 1951 | — | 487 | 487 | #317 |
| 1950 | 5 | 514 | 519 | #299 |
| 1949 | — | 544 | 544 | #291 |
| 1948 | 5 | 617 | 622 | #265 |
| 1947 | 10 | 692 | 702 | #251 |
| 1946 | 10 | 609 | 619 | #254 |
| 1945 | 7 | 520 | 527 | #253 |
| 1944 | 5 | 467 | 472 | #276 |
| 1943 | 12 | 434 | 446 | #295 |
| 1942 | 8 | 400 | 408 | #307 |
| 1941 | 7 | 345 | 352 | #314 |
| 1940 | — | 317 | 317 | #317 |
| 1939 | — | 285 | 285 | #327 |
| 1938 | — | 223 | 223 | #378 |
| 1937 | — | 199 | 199 | #391 |
| 1936 | — | 133 | 133 | #492 |
| 1935 | — | 122 | 122 | #523 |
| 1934 | — | 84 | 84 | #663 |
| 1933 | — | 73 | 73 | #708 |
| 1932 | — | 64 | 64 | #800 |
| 1931 | — | 70 | 70 | #741 |
| 1930 | — | 57 | 57 | #883 |
| 1929 | — | 48 | 48 | #982 |
| 1928 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,143 |
| 1927 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,158 |
| 1926 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,555 |
| 1925 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1924 | 5 | 32 | 37 | #1,319 |
| 1923 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,535 |
| 1922 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,420 |
| 1921 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,328 |
| 1920 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,574 |
| 1919 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,948 |
| 1918 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,467 |
| 1917 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,151 |
| 1916 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,636 |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,713 |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,746 |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,391 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,845 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,633 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,364 |