Irish origin
Source-reportedBorrowed from Irish Ó Ceithearnaigh.
Sources for this account (1)
- Wiktionary: KearneyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Kearney
Irish roots
Language context for this entry: English
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- Origin
- Irish
- 1 language context
- English
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- 2 cited sources Source-reported
01 / Meaning & origin
About Kearney
Kearney is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Irish Ó Ceithearnaigh.
02 / Across borders
Where Kearney is used
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1 country with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States
Statistics + language records
United States, 2012: 5 girls (rank 16869). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Popularity over time
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United States
1880–2025 Spelling: Kearney
- Latest · 2007
- 6
- applications
- Rank #10,921
- Peak year
- 1924
- 10 applications
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
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| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
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| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
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| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
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| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | 8 | 2,457 | observed |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | 7 | 3,177 | observed |
| 1917 | 6 | 3,545 | observed |
| 1918 | 8 | 3,096 | observed |
| 1919 | 8 | 3,115 | observed |
| 1920 | 9 | 2,967 | observed |
| 1921 | 9 | 2,986 | observed |
| 1922 | 8 | 3,252 | observed |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | 10 | 2,822 | observed |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | 9 | 2,843 | observed |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,001 | observed |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,095 | observed |
| 1932 | 10 | 2,465 | observed |
| 1933 | 8 | 2,738 | observed |
| 1934 | 6 | 3,277 | observed |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | 8 | 2,680 | observed |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,534 | observed |
| 1939 | 5 | 3,480 | observed |
| 1940 | 7 | 2,871 | observed |
| 1941 | 8 | 2,656 | observed |
| 1942 | 8 | 2,712 | observed |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,231 | observed |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | 10 | 2,242 | observed |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,525 | observed |
| 1947 | 8 | 2,862 | observed |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | 5 | 3,690 | observed |
| 1950 | 8 | 2,770 | observed |
| 1951 | 6 | 3,364 | observed |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | 7 | 3,143 | observed |
| 1954 | 10 | 2,592 | observed |
| 1955 | 5 | 3,886 | observed |
| 1956 | 6 | 3,535 | observed |
| 1957 | 8 | 3,024 | observed |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | 9 | 2,848 | observed |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,595 | observed |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1972 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1973 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | 5 | 5,845 | observed |
| 1978 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1981 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1982 | no value | no value | not covered |
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| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | 5 | 7,905 | observed |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
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| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | 6 | 10,921 | observed |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
About this dataset and its counting rules
Statistics count the spelling “Kearney” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
- Universe
- US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
- Rounding
- Integer application counts retained without rounding.
- Suppression
- Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
- Ranking
- computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
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06 / Behind the facts
Sources for this page
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.
Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms2
- Wikidata Q63348143CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Wiktionary: KearneyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.