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Kenny
Pronounced /ˈkɛni/
Rank in 2024
#1,355
Born in 2024
140
Peak year
1960 · #169
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 140 boys were named Kenny, about 1 in every 12,252.
- It peaked in 1960 with 1,937 babies, ranked #169.
- It first shows up in the records in 1908.
- 51,777 boys have been named Kenny since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Kenny per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.2Silent1928–45
- 0.5Boomers1946–64
- 0.4Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 271 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 3,880 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Boomers: 18,938 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Gen X: 9,641 babies, 0.35 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,811 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,717 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,519 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Kenneth or Ken + -y (diminutive form).
- A diminutive of the male given name Kenneth.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈkɛni/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Kenny, CC BY-SA 4.0.