Name profile

Kenny

This name is a diminutive of Kenneth.

PronunciationEnglish /ˈkɛn.i/
Usage languagesDutch, English, Scottish
US rank (2025)#1,267

Meaning and history

Kenny is a diminutive form of Kenneth.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 521 births, rank #497
2007: 522 births, rank #505
2008: 493 births, rank #537
2009: 404 births, rank #618
2010: 385 births, rank #630
20112011: 328 births, rank #701
2012: 310 births, rank #746
2013: 283 births, rank #795
2014: 265 births, rank #846
2015: 247 births, rank #892
20162016: 242 births, rank #897
2017: 217 births, rank #958
2018: 207 births, rank #998
2019: 257 births, rank #862
2020: 182 births, rank #1,086
20212021: 158 births, rank #1,218
2022: 160 births, rank #1,228
2023: 162 births, rank #1,223
2024: 140 births, rank #1,355
20252025: 155 births, rank #1,267

Kenny rose from #959 to #863 for boys between 2017 and 2019. Its highest annual birth count came in 1960, with 1,934 births.