Kenny
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of English origin. See below.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Kenny (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Kenny has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 36 |
| 1999 | 29 |
| 2000 | 22 |
| 2001 | 22 |
| 2002 | 21 |
| 2003 | 20 |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2005 | 13 |
| 2006 | 14 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2008 | 9 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 37 | 2,007 |
| 2000 | 35 | 2,028 |
| 2001 | 33 | 2,053 |
| 2002 | 32 | 2,089 |
| 2003 | 31 | 2,130 |
| 2004 | 30 | 2,150 |
| 2005 | 30 | 2,149 |
| 2006 | 28 | 2,171 |
| 2007 | 28 | 2,180 |
| 2008 | 29 | 2,203 |
| 2009 | 28 | 2,203 |
| 2010 | 28 | 2,212 |
| 2011 | 28 | 2,210 |
| 2012 | 29 | 2,217 |
| 2013 | 29 | 2,220 |
| 2014 | 30 | 2,221 |
| 2015 | 30 | 2,219 |
| 2016 | 31 | 2,214 |
| 2017 | 34 | 2,204 |
| 2018 | 33 | 2,207 |
| 2019 | 33 | 2,203 |
| 2020 | 32 | 2,195 |
Kenny in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Kenny.Hi! My name is Kenny.
- Kenny har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Kenny has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Kenny i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Kenny this afternoon.
- Kennys mamma är lärare.Kenny's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Kennys mamma is Kenny's mum.
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Questions about Kenny
How do you pronounce Kenny in Swedish?
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What does the name Kenny mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of English origin. See below.
How popular is Kenny in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Kenny in 2022. In 2020, 2,227 people in Sweden had Kenny as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.