Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Kenny” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kenny” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kenny” 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 “Kenny” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Kenny” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kenny” 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
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 -100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 -100%
1917 14 0.000006976 14 -100%
1918 12 0.000005527 12 -100%
1919 17 0.000008056 17 -100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 -100%
1921 14 0.000005997 14 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 -100%
1923 25 0.000010858 25 -100%
1924 37 0.000015536 5 32 -73%
1925 21 0.000009 21 -100%
1926 24 0.000010453 24 -100%
1927 39 0.000016815 39 -100%
1928 39 0.000017249 39 -100%
1929 48 0.000021896 48 -100%
1930 57 0.000025638 57 -100%
1931 70 0.000033264 70 -100%
1932 64 0.000030313 64 -100%
1933 73 0.00003651 73 -100%
1934 84 0.000040447 84 -100%
1935 122 0.000058376 122 -100%
1936 133 0.000064017 133 -100%
1937 199 0.000093398 199 -100%
1938 223 0.000100788 223 -100%
1939 285 0.000129343 285 -100%
1940 317 0.000137665 317 -100%
1941 352 0.000144474 7 345 -96%
1942 408 0.000149351 8 400 -96%
1943 446 0.000158013 12 434 -95%
1944 472 0.00017546 5 467 -98%
1945 527 0.00019865 7 520 -97%
1946 619 0.000193722 10 609 -97%
1947 702 0.000194874 10 692 -97%
1948 622 0.000180158 5 617 -98%
1949 544 0.000156108 544 -100%
1950 519 0.000148144 5 514 -98%
1951 487 0.000132203 487 -100%
1952 563 0.000148236 8 555 -97%
1953 518 0.000134418 6 512 -98%
1954 577 0.000144949 6 571 -98%
1955 694 0.000172848 5 689 -99%
1956 811 0.0001967 8 803 -98%
1957 1081 0.00025725 8 1073 -99%
1958 1433 0.000346646 11 1422 -98%
1959 1774 0.000426648 11 1763 -99%
1960 1952 0.000469929 15 1937 -98%
1961 1713 0.000413538 12 1701 -99%
1962 1607 0.000398228 11 1596 -99%
1963 1459 0.000368602 9 1450 -99%
1964 1413 0.000363463 10 1403 -99%
1965 1112 0.000306721 8 1104 -99%
1966 937 0.000269589 10 927 -98%
1967 831 0.000244779 11 820 -97%
1968 758 0.000224366 7 751 -98%
1969 684 0.000196816 8 676 -98%
1970 675 0.000187161 6 669 -98%
1971 613 0.000178595 8 605 -97%
1972 507 0.000161311 6 501 -98%
1973 481 0.000159436 11 470 -95%
1974 448 0.000147368 448 -100%
1975 354 0.000117242 354 -100%
1976 417 0.000137429 417 -100%
1977 402 0.000126555 402 -100%
1978 437 0.000137687 7 430 -97%
1979 501 0.000150586 9 492 -96%
1980 575 0.000166932 575 -100%
1981 642 0.000185583 9 633 -97%
1982 607 0.000173035 9 598 -97%
1983 555 0.00016025 6 549 -98%
1984 533 0.000152777 5 528 -98%
1985 579 0.000162225 6 573 -98%
1986 551 0.000154902 10 541 -96%
1987 547 0.000151708 8 539 -97%
1988 513 0.000138835 7 506 -97%
1989 563 0.000146445 7 556 -98%
1990 523 0.000132322 7 516 -97%
1991 458 0.000117579 6 452 -97%
1992 515 0.00013407 10 505 -96%
1993 581 0.0001541 11 570 -96%
1994 613 0.000164889 11 602 -96%
1995 582 0.000158923 8 574 -97%
1996 579 0.000158752 10 569 -97%
1997 564 0.000155554 9 555 -97%
1998 465 0.00012642 7 458 -97%
1999 521 0.000141045 8 513 -97%
2000 566 0.000149739 566 -100%
2001 520 0.000138912 9 511 -97%
2002 561 0.000150069 11 550 -96%
2003 527 0.0001386 527 -100%
2004 530 0.00013871 10 520 -96%
2005 564 0.00014669 9 555 -97%
2006 529 0.000133715 8 521 -97%
2007 527 0.000131826 5 522 -98%
2008 503 0.000127968 10 493 -96%
2009 404 0.000105754 404 -100%
2010 385 0.000104174 385 -100%
2011 327 0.000089398 327 -100%
2012 310 0.00008476 310 -100%
2013 288 0.000078998 5 283 -97%
2014 265 0.000071498 265 -100%
2015 247 0.00006674 247 -100%
2016 242 0.000065963 242 -100%
2017 222 0.000062077 5 217 -95%
2018 207 0.000058875 207 -100%
2019 257 0.000074043 257 -100%
2020 182 0.000054482 182 -100%
2021 158 0.000046636 158 -100%
2022 167 0.000049363 7 160 -92%
2023 170 0.000051341 9 161 -89%
2024 155 0.000046568 15 140 -81%

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