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How popular is “Kenney” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kenney” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kenney” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kenney” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kenney” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kenney” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kenney” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kenney” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1899 5 0.000014739 5 -100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 -100%
1918 6 0.000002764 6 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1922 12 0.000005242 12 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 -100%
1926 19 0.000008276 19 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 -100%
1929 15 0.000006843 15 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1931 15 0.000007128 15 -100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 -100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 -100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 -100%
1935 17 0.000008134 17 -100%
1936 17 0.000008183 17 -100%
1937 12 0.000005632 12 -100%
1938 23 0.000010395 23 -100%
1939 25 0.000011346 25 -100%
1940 25 0.000010857 25 -100%
1941 25 0.000010261 25 -100%
1942 35 0.000012812 35 -100%
1943 28 0.00000992 28 -100%
1944 28 0.000010409 28 -100%
1945 27 0.000010178 27 -100%
1946 32 0.000010015 32 -100%
1947 36 0.000009994 36 -100%
1948 39 0.000011296 39 -100%
1949 43 0.000012339 43 -100%
1950 26 0.000007421 26 -100%
1951 34 0.00000923 34 -100%
1952 47 0.000012375 47 -100%
1953 30 0.000007785 30 -100%
1954 46 0.000011556 46 -100%
1955 44 0.000010959 44 -100%
1956 51 0.00001237 51 -100%
1957 71 0.000016896 71 -100%
1958 80 0.000019352 80 -100%
1959 78 0.000018759 78 -100%
1960 94 0.00002263 94 -100%
1961 59 0.000014243 59 -100%
1962 51 0.000012638 51 -100%
1963 61 0.000015411 61 -100%
1964 58 0.000014919 58 -100%
1965 43 0.000011861 43 -100%
1966 49 0.000014098 49 -100%
1967 30 0.000008837 30 -100%
1968 33 0.000009768 33 -100%
1969 29 0.000008345 29 -100%
1970 30 0.000008318 30 -100%
1971 31 0.000009032 31 -100%
1972 43 0.000013681 43 -100%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 -100%
1974 25 0.000008224 25 -100%
1975 27 0.000008942 27 -100%
1976 25 0.000008239 25 -100%
1977 24 0.000007555 5 19 -58%
1978 23 0.000007247 23 -100%
1979 28 0.000008416 28 -100%
1980 22 0.000006387 22 -100%
1981 22 0.00000636 22 -100%
1982 19 0.000005416 19 -100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 -100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 -100%
1985 20 0.000005604 20 -100%
1986 19 0.000005341 19 -100%
1987 30 0.00000832 30 -100%
1988 31 0.00000839 31 -100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 -100%
1990 27 0.000006831 27 -100%
1991 22 0.000005648 22 -100%
1992 22 0.000005727 22 -100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 -100%
1994 20 0.00000538 20 -100%
1995 12 0.000003277 12 -100%
1996 22 0.000006032 22 -100%
1997 23 0.000006344 23 -100%
1998 14 0.000003806 14 -100%
1999 15 0.000004061 15 -100%
2000 16 0.000004233 16 -100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 -100%
2002 15 0.000004013 15 -100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 -100%
2004 14 0.000003664 14 -100%
2005 13 0.000003381 13 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2008 12 0.000003053 12 -100%
2009 10 0.000002618 10 -100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 -100%
2012 12 0.000003281 12 -100%
2013 10 0.000002743 10 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%

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