Kenny is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “descendant of Cionnaith.” In 2024 it was given to 140 boys in the United States.
Kenny at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Irish & Celtic
Meaning
“descendant of Cionnaith”
Pronunciation
/ˈkɛni/
Also spelled
Kenneth
About the name Kenny
Kenny belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “descendant of Cionnaith” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Kenneth.
In the United States, Kenny first appears in Social Security records in 1908. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #169 in 1960, and in 2024 140 babies received the name — 51,777 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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