Kennedi

#707 for girls in 2025, 398 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2015 · 848 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
15,537
since 1989

Kennedi over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kennedi has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #386, 2015girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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First appearance
1989

The first year at least five girls were named Kennedi! It came in at #12,362, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1989–1991, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kennedi is popular in 1997

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,468 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,984 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedWIMichigan: #990 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,660 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedIAIndiana: #819 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,559 girlsINOhio: #584 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,417 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,824 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 20,259 girlsCAUtah: #481 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,597 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedNEMissouri: #661 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,920 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedARTennessee: #400 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,451 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #463 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,705 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedALGeorgia: #819 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,110 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedHITexas: #999 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 7,772 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#400 · 1 in 2,451
  2. Louisiana#463 · 1 in 2,705
  3. Utah#481 · 1 in 2,597
  4. Ohio#584 · 1 in 4,417
  5. Missouri#661 · 1 in 4,920

Best ever in a state: #65 in Mississippi, 2016.

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Tennessee#400121 in 2,451
Louisiana#46381 in 2,705
Utah#48161 in 2,597
Ohio#584141 in 4,417
Missouri#66161 in 4,920
Georgia#81971 in 6,110
Indiana#81951 in 6,559
Michigan#99061 in 8,660
Texas#999181 in 7,772
Illinois#1,46851 in 13,984
California#1,824111 in 20,259
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kennedi
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 22 spots since 2024 (#685 → #707)
  • 184 spots since 2020 (#523 → #707)
  • 321 spots since 2015 (#386 → #707)
  • Biggest jump: 188 spots in 1999 (#991 → #803)
  • Biggest drop: 67 spots in 2023 (#558 → #625)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1989
  • Peaked 2015 at #386 (848 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,105
  • Highest: 1 in 2,105 girls born in 2015 were named Kennedi (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,038 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 45.6% of all girls named Kennedi (7,083) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s5#12,362 (1989)#12,362
1990s961#803 (1999)#2,889
2000s4,484#468 (2009)#635
2010s7,083#386 (2015)#449
2020s3,004#523 (2021)#604

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kennedi in 1997

girls
#1,155
160 births · 1 in 10,879 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #1,155Kennedi160
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 10,879 of them was named Kennedi, which outranked 92.9% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kennedi
  1. #1,148Tasia162
  2. #1,153Greta161
  3. #1,153Kalee161
  4. #1,155Kennedi160
  5. #1,155Amie160
  6. #1,155Anjelica160
  7. #1,155Jolene160
  8. #1,163Keila159
  9. #1,163Lorraine159
  10. #1,163Mariel159

Tied with 7 names at #1,155; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997 →