Kenney
Boy · KEN-ee · Scottish
Kenney is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “handsome, or born of fire”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kenney mean?
Scottish: spelling of Kenny, pet form of Kenneth
“handsome, or born of fire”
A spelling of Kenny, the pet form of Kenneth, which anglicises the Gaelic names Coinneach and Cináed.
- Say it
- KEN-ee
Is Kenney a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenney is a boys' name.
How popular is Kenney in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1960, with 94 boys. It first appears in the records in 1899.
Half of all the boys named Kenney in the US since 1880 were born between 1950 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenney in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 22 | #2,993 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 19 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,503 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,545 |
| 1969 | 29 | #1,492 |
| 1968 | 33 | #1,339 |
| 1967 | 30 | #1,387 |
| 1966 | 49 | #1,043 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,144 |
| 1964 | 58 | #989 |
| 1963 | 61 | #960 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,068 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,012 |
| 1960 | 94 | #787 |
| 1959 | 78 | #863 |
| 1958 | 80 | #843 |
| 1957 | 71 | #896 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,055 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,113 |
| 1954 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,054 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,260 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,433 |
| 1949 | 43 | #1,071 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,144 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,212 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,235 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,269 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,255 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,307 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,333 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,334 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,397 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,608 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,927 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,002 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,050 |
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