Kenni
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-ee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Kenni is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “handsome”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Kenni mean?
Scottish: spelling of Kennie; pet form of Kenneth and similar names
“handsome”
A pet form of Kenneth, from Gaelic Coinneach; for girls it can shorten names like Kendra or Kennedy.
Meaning borrowed from Kennie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kenni a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenni is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kenni in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Kenni, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had the most girls named Kenni of any year since it first appeared, in 1957.
Half of all the girls named Kenni in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenni in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
Names like Kenni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Brynn Kinley Keegan Brynlee Codi Kenley Cassidy Kodi Devyn Braelynn Keiry
Names related to Kenni
More Scottish names
Isla Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kenni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenni, updated 20 October 2026.