Kenny
A boys’ name of Irish origin, meaning handsome; diminutive of Kenneth.
How Kenny has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #893 |
| 2016 | #898 |
| 2017 | #958 |
| 2018 | #1000 |
| 2019 | #867 |
Kenny by the numbers
In 2025, 36 babies in England and Wales were named Kenny. In the US, 222 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 1,942 babies in 1960, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Kenneth
Like Kenny, each of these traces back to Kenneth: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Kennethhandsome, fair1,751 in the US (2017)
- Mckenzieson of Kenneth; a form of Mackenzie1,665 in the US (2017)
- Kennahandsome; from Kenneth403 in the US (2017)
- Kenknowledge; a form of Kenneth63 in the US (2017)
- Mckynleeson of Kenneth; a modern respelling of Mackenzie43 in the US (2017)
- Mackenzison of Kenneth; modern spelling of Mackenzie29 in the US (2017)
- Mckynzieson of Kenneth; modern spelling of Mackenzie29 in the US (2017)
- Kennithhandsome; a form of Kenneth16 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kenny. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Kenny
Names that are said the same way as Kenny, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Kenny, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kenny
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