Kenney

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Kenney is a given name and surname of Irish, Scottish, and English origin. In Ireland, the surname is an Anglicisation of the Irish Ó Cionnaith. It is also a variation of Kenny, MacKenny, O'Kenney, or Keaney.

From Wikipedia

Kenney first appears in the data in 1899 and has been recorded in 101 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 94 babies (rank #794 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Kenney

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Kenney yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

2,505
Total babies (all years)
101
Years in the data
94
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18995#1,137
19166#3,696
19176#3,767
19186#3,943
19195#4,493
19208#3,360
192212#2,568
19239#3,067
19247#3,681
19259#3,033
192619#1,823
192710#2,812
192811#2,576
192915#2,055
193012#2,371
193115#1,967
193215#1,962
193312#2,160
193419#1,642
193517#1,732
193617#1,689
193712#2,146
193823#1,418
193925#1,343
194025#1,349
194125#1,354
194235#1,182
194328#1,330
194428#1,274
194527#1,287
194632#1,250
194736#1,223
194839#1,152
194943#1,076
195026#1,453
195134#1,271
195247#1,059
195330#1,392
195446#1,107
195544#1,123
195651#1,060
195771#905
195880#845
195978#866
196094#794
196159#1,022
196251#1,078
196361#965
196458#996
196543#1,151
196649#1,049
196730#1,398
196833#1,352
196929#1,512
197030#1,565
197131#1,580
197243#1,275
197317#2,363
197425#1,864
197527#1,813
197625#1,963
197719#2,412
197823#2,108
197928#1,925
198022#2,327
198122#2,298
198219#2,558
198319#2,535
198425#2,133
198520#2,556
198619#2,737
198730#2,035
198831#2,068
198925#2,576
199027#2,529
199122#2,956
199222#3,066
199321#3,203
199420#3,402
199512#4,968
199622#3,255
199723#3,218
199814#4,772
199915#4,661
200016#4,693
200112#5,864
200215#5,035
200312#6,072
200414#5,647
200513#6,052
20067#10,163
20079#8,598
200812#6,990
200910#8,018
20117#10,242
201212#6,840
201310#7,841
20157#10,130
20166#11,483
20176#11,518
20207#10,108