Kenny

Boy · recorded 1908–2025

  • #1,267in 2025
  • 1 in 11,019boys in 2025
  • −30%last ten years
  • 2.1×in Ohio

Most popular in 1960. Quieter now: down 30% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1908

045490719081937196719962025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 116 recorded years as a table
Kenny, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190839
190930
191221
191314
191411
191511
191611
191715
191812
191917
19207
192113
192212
192323
192428
192519
192622
192735
192835
192945
193052
193167
193261
193374
193481
1935117
1936128
1937187
1938201
1939257
1940273
1941281
1942290
1943304
1944343
1945386
1946375
1947378
1948352
1949307
1950287
1951259
1952286
1953260
1954280
1955334
1956380
1957497
1958670
1959826
1960907
1961801
1962771
1963715
1964704
1965593
1966520
1967470
1968432
1969378
1970359
1971342
1972309
1973302
1974285
1975227
1976266
1977245
1978263
1979286
1980322
1981353
1982330
1983306
1984293
1985310
1986294
1987289
1988264
1989278
1990251
1991224
1992253
1993291
1994312
1995302
1996300
1997294
1998240
1999267
2000288
2001263
2002283
2003267
2004262
2005278
2006253
2007252
2008242
2009204
2010201
2011173
2012163
2013150
2014138
2015129
2016128
2017117
2018114
2019143
2020105
202190
202292
202395
202481
202591

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Ohio 2.1×
  2. New York 1.8×
  3. Florida 1.6×
  4. California 1.2×
  5. Texas 1.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
155
Rank in 2025
#1,267
How rare
1 in 11,019 boys
Since 1908
51,931

Most popular in 1960, at 907 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 30% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Ohio2.1×29
New York1.8×41
Florida1.6×41
California1.2×55
Texas1.0×46

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.