How Many People Are Named Kearney Bennett?

There are approximately 1 people named Kearney Bennett living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Kearney with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Bennett. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1 in 342,754,338 Americans

Combination Rarity

Very Rare

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Kearney

Last Name

Bennett

Kearney: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Kearney. The peak year was 2007 with 13 births. The average person named Kearney today is 55 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Kearney

In the 2020 Census, the first name Kearney was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (74.34%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (15.16%) and Hispanic (4.08%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Kearney in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Kearney rose or fell over time.

White

74.34%

Black

15.16%

Hispanic

4.08%

Asian/Pacific Islander

3.50%

Two or More Races

2.92%

Ancestry of the Bennett Surname

The surname Bennett was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Bennett in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

73.35%

Black

17.37%

Hispanic

3.49%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.69%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.83%

Two or More Races

4.27%

How we calculated this

The first name "Kearney" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Bennett" appears at a rate of 80.09 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Kearney are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Kearney

Kearney Johnson Kearney Garcia Kearney Brown Kearney Williams Kearney Jones Kearney Smith

Other people with the surname Bennett

Michael Bennett James Bennett John Bennett David Bennett Robert Bennett William Bennett Joshua Bennett Jason Bennett

Kearney Bennett: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Kearney Bennett?

We estimate approximately 1 people named Kearney Bennett are alive in the United States today. The first name Kearney is shared by 158 Americans, and the surname Bennett is shared by 274,523.

How rare is the name Kearney Bennett?

This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Kearney is very rare and the surname Bennett is common.

Is Kearney a male or female name?

Kearney is predominantly male, with 84.1% of bearers being male and 15.9% female. It peaked in popularity in 2007 and the average bearer today is 55 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Kearney?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Kearney was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (74.34%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (15.16%) and Hispanic (4.08%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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