Kerney is a very rare variant of Keren that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Kerney is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1973. Kerney first appears in 1914 and peaked in 1919 (16 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 5 | — | #5,495 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #4,270 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #4,352 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #4,340 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #3,429 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | #4,281 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | #3,740 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #3,622 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #4,015 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #3,994 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #3,955 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #3,521 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #3,172 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #2,773 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | #3,780 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #3,167 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #3,291 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,401 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #3,327 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #3,715 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #2,721 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,050 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #3,590 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #4,292 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #3,762 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,238 |
| 1927 | 5 | — | #4,504 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,270 |
| 1925 | 9 | — | #3,034 |
| 1924 | 11 | — | #2,748 |
| 1923 | 8 | — | #3,319 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,564 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,054 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #2,023 |
| 1917 | 5 | — | #4,289 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #2,832 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,092 |