first name
KENNY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 51,666 people named Kenny, 47.9% reported their origin as White, 16.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kenny peaked in 1960, when 1,949 babies got the name.
At least 52,479 babies have been given the name since 1908. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Kenny by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #460. The largest share of babies named Kenny, 36.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Kenny is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kenny has been most common in Arkansas (2.2×), Mississippi (1.9×), and Kentucky (1.8×), and least common in North Dakota (0.25×).
47,506 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Kenny
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kenny, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kenny ranks #2,143 of 156,621, with 16,474 people. See Kenny as a last name
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