unisex name

Kearney

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 330

Kearney is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 16% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2012 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2007, when 13 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1914.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Kearney over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2012, not a full ten years.

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Births named Kearney by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 37
1920s 45
1930s 54
1940s 57
1950s 50
1960s 16
1970s 5
1980s 5
1990s 12
2000s 35
2010s (to 2012) 11

How popular is Kearney?

In 2012, Kearney was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Kearney is used

England & Wales #3,677 3 in 2000
United States #18,575 5 in 2012

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kearney

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kearney also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kearney over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kearney

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kearney — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kearney

How popular is the name Kearney?

In 2012, Kearney was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Kearney a girl's or a boy's name?

Kearney is used for both girls and boys. About 16% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Kearney?

Kearney has 2 syllables.

When was Kearney most popular?

Kearney peaked in 2007, when 13 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.