Kinney is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Kinney is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1993. Kinney was first reported in SSA data in 1922 and peaked in 1961 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5 | — | #9,520 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #9,196 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #7,955 |
| 1987 | 9 | — | #4,770 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #5,680 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #6,814 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #5,902 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #5,248 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #6,332 |
| 1976 | 5 | — | #6,067 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #5,390 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #3,809 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | #3,411 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #3,203 |
| 1968 | 10 | — | #2,829 |
| 1966 | 13 | — | #2,288 |
| 1965 | 12 | — | #2,417 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #3,461 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #2,963 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #3,482 |
| 1961 | 15 | — | #2,188 |
| 1960 | 8 | — | #3,219 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,440 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #3,433 |
| 1957 | 9 | — | #2,920 |
| 1956 | 14 | — | #2,215 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | #3,098 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #3,071 |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #2,817 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | #3,241 |
| 1951 | 10 | — | #2,571 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #3,163 |
| 1948 | 9 | — | #2,702 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #3,234 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | #2,194 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #2,752 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #3,401 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #3,330 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | #3,349 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #3,828 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #3,928 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | #3,494 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,052 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | #3,640 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #3,973 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,588 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #4,661 |