Kennie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEN-ee
- Origin
- Scottish
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Kennie is a boys' name of Scottish origin, meaning “handsome”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Kennie mean?
Scottish: 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.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kennie a girl's or a boy's name?
Kennie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 11 girls in the US.
How popular is Kennie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Kennie, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 4 boys.
In 2025, 45 boys in the UK were given Kennie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #729, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Kenny 41
- Kennie 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Kennie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Kennie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Kennie, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1947, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
2025 had more girls named Kennie than any year since 1947.
Half of all the girls named Kennie in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1966, 26% of the babies named Kennie in the US were girls.
Kennie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 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 | 5 | #1,931 |
Names like Kennie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dougie, Ronnie, Freddie, Eddie, Douglas, Donnie, Ernie, Reggie, Teddy, Frankie, Sidney, Archie
Other spellings of Kennie
Names related to Kennie
Kenan, Kenai, Kenna, Kenia, Kenni, Keni, Kennia, Kennah, Keyanni, Kennya
More Scottish names
Isla, Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kennie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kennie, updated 20 October 2026.