Kenny

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kenny: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kenny: Recorded since 1979, it reached #311 in 1992, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
76times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#311highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#526
1997	#413
1998	#554
1999	#563
2000	#515
2001	#544
2002	#611
2003	#865
2004	#760
2005	#638
2006	#847
2007	#764
2008	#803
2009	#610
2010	#854
2011	#732
2012	#704
2013	#730
2014	#714
2015	#765
2016	#774
2017	#833
2018	#702
2019	#856
2020	#723
2021	#719
2022	#679
2023	#754
2024	#757
2025	#873

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 17 of the 46 years from 1980 to 2025.

In 2025: #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #873 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1979–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #625 among boys in Norway in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1979–2012
Highest recorded position: #311 among boys in Norway, in 1992 (recorded 1979–2012).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #873 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Kenny appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 30 ranked years and 1,188 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1979.

Kenny across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kenny's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#321 (1980)	#321 (1980)	#676 (2025)	17 of 46	59 (1980–2025)	5 (2016)
Norway · Boys	#625 (1979)	#311 (1992)	#549 (2012)	28 of 34	187 (1979–2012)	15 (1992)
England and Wales · Boys	#526 (1996)	#413 (1997)	#873 (2025)	30 of 30	1,188 (1996–2025)	53 (2009)

Kenny by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kenny in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	150	4 of 10	38
2000s	351	10 of 10	35
2010s	419	10 of 10	42
2020sbusiest	268	6 of 10	45

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 45 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Kenny appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #311 in Norway in 1992.

Kenny's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	male	#873	36	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#757	45	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#754	44	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#679	50	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#719	48	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#723	45	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#856	35	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#702	49	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#833	38	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#774	42	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#765	42	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#714	45	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#730	44	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#704	47	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#732	43	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#610	53	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#803	35	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#764	36	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#847	29	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#638	41	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#760	29	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#865	23	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#611	32	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#544	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#515	38	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#563	33	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#554	33	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#413	51	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#526	33	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#549	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#509	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#553	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#481	6	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#518	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#467	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#451	6	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#376	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#376	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#418	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#377	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#444	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#568	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#414	8	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#366	10	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#537	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#311	15	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#490	7	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#534	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#630	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#513	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#466	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#471	8	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#507	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#475	8	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#536	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#647	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#625	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Kenny is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Kenny, between 1979 and 2025, in 44 of those 47 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Norway	1979–2012	28	#311 in 1992
Republic of Ireland	1980–2025	17	#321 in 1980
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#413 in 1997
Scotland	2024	1	#535 in 2024

Its high point came 44 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1980) than in Scotland (2024).

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1979 and 2025, ranked in 44 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #311, first reached in 1992.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 53 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1980, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Kent · #70, 75y
Kenya · #869, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Martynas · #313, 41y
Armin · #317, 43y
Nour · #321, 45y
Laurie · #291, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Kathinka · #311, 28y
Edelle · #312, 10y
Liban · #312, 42y
Treacy · #312, 17y

Kenny was ranked #311 in Norway · Boys in 1992. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Frederik#307
Gisle#308
Jarl#309
Joacim#310
Magnar#312
Martynas#313
Reidar#314
Rudi#315

Kenny and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kenny without appearing here.

Kenny moved ahead of

Graham
In 2003 they stood at #865 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #760 and #1347.
Wayne
In 2010 they stood at #854 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #732 and #1303.
Courtney
In 1998 they stood at #554 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #563 and #973.
Darren
In 2017 they stood at #833 and #806 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #702 and #1097.

Moved ahead of Kenny

Albie
In 2002 they stood at #611 and #722 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #865 and #490.
Jan
In 2005 they stood at #638 and #691 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #847 and #472.
Finley
In 1997 they stood at #413 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #554 and #182.
Denis
In 2002 they stood at #611 and #671 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #865 and #499.

Moved the opposite way to Kenny

Adam
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kenny went from #321 to #676 while Adam went from #101 to #20.
Alex
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kenny went from #321 to #676 while Alex went from #288 to #37.
Alexander
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kenny went from #321 to #676 while Alexander went from #135 to #55.
Ben
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kenny went from #321 to #676 while Ben went from #288 to #40.

Moved the same way as Kenny

Adrian
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kenny went from #321 to #676 and Adrian from #60 to #348.
Denis
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kenny went from #321 to #676 and Denis from #58 to #232.
Edward
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kenny went from #321 to #676 and Edward from #44 to #125.
Erik
Between 1980 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kenny went from #321 to #676 and Erik from #288 to #468.

What is known about Kenny

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 4 official registrars, 1979–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #311 in Norway in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kenny

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Popularity journey

Kenny across 3 official records

Kenny by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kenny appears in

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Kenny across 3 official records

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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