Is Kenney a boy or girl name?

Kenney is a boy’s name. Of the 2,505 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.2% were girls and 99.8% were boys.

Kenney

Recorded 1899–2020 · United States

Kenney was most popular in 1960, when 94 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,856 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,505 people named Kenney.

Kenney over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kenney’s peak in 1960. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kenney a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kenney is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 2,505 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kenney

Where Kenney is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org