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How popular is the name Kenny?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kennies are alive today.
Kenny (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 873rd in 2025 with 36 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2009, when 53 babies were given the name, the 610th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1997, with 51 babies given the name that year. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Kenny you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Kennies born in England and Wales are between 8 and 27, and there are at least 1,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Kenny - on average, only one in every 217 such rooms contains a Kenny.
How many babies are named Kenny each year?
Where does Kenny rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kenny most popular?
Kenny peaked in 2009, when 53 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Kenny?
At least 1,400 people named Kenny born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kenny?
Most living Kennies are between 8 and 27; the most common age is about 5.
Is Kenny becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.