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
- Peak · girls
- 2015 · 848 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,537since 1989
Kennedi over time
Rank among girls' names. Kennedi has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #707 | 398 | — | |
| 2024 | #685 | 416 | — | |
| 2023 | #625 | 474 | — | |
| 2022 | #558 | 548 | — | |
| 2021 | #523 | 590 | — | |
| 2020 | #523 | 578 | — | |
| 2019 | #503 | 626 | — | |
| 2018 | #440 | 724 | — | |
| 2017 | #442 | 717 | — | |
| 2016 | #416 | 800 | — | |
| 2015 | #386 | 848 | — | |
| 2014 | #415 | 770 | — | |
| 2013 | #445 | 690 | — | |
| 2012 | #511 | 597 | — | |
| 2011 | #445 | 694 | — | |
| 2010 | #490 | 617 | — | |
| 2009 | #468 | 663 | — | |
| 2008 | #556 | 554 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #558 | 545 | — | |
| 2006 | #622 | 467 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #629 | 444 | — | |
| 2004 | #636 | 429 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #642 | 414 | — | |
| 2002 | #704 | 355 | — | |
| 2001 | #741 | 322 | — | |
| 2000 | #789 | 291 | — | |
| 1999 | #803 | 272 | — | |
| 1998 | #991 | 203 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,155 | 160 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,232 | 142 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,392 | 118 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,848 | 42 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 2001
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Louisiana#155 · 1 in 629
- Arkansas#262 · 1 in 1,166
- Utah#334 · 1 in 1,577
- Oklahoma#362 · 1 in 1,673
- Alabama#375 · 1 in 1,815
Best ever in a state: #65 in Mississippi, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #155 | 33 | 1 in 629 |
| Arkansas | #262 | 10 | 1 in 1,166 |
| Utah | #334 | 11 | 1 in 1,577 |
| Oklahoma | #362 | 10 | 1 in 1,673 |
| Alabama | #375 | 11 | 1 in 1,815 |
| Kentucky | #411 | 8 | 1 in 2,490 |
| Tennessee | #432 | 12 | 1 in 2,514 |
| Georgia | #450 | 20 | 1 in 2,412 |
| Michigan | #459 | 18 | 1 in 2,773 |
| Ohio | #521 | 17 | 1 in 3,504 |
| Texas | #581 | 45 | 1 in 3,405 |
| South Carolina | #594 | 5 | 1 in 3,357 |
| Missouri | #598 | 7 | 1 in 4,090 |
| Virginia | #615 | 9 | 1 in 3,900 |
| Minnesota | #714 | 5 | 1 in 5,048 |
| Washington | #754 | 6 | 1 in 4,789 |
| Illinois | #925 | 11 | 1 in 6,398 |
| New York | #1,174 | 11 | 1 in 8,906 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,182 | 5 | 1 in 11,198 |
| California | #1,299 | 20 | 1 in 11,114 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 2015 at #386 (848 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
- 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%)
- 45.6% of all girls named Kennedi (7,083) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #12,362 (1989) | #12,362 |
| 1990s | 961 | #803 (1999) | #2,889 |
| 2000s | 4,484 | #468 (2009) | #635 |
| 2010s | 7,083 | #386 (2015) | #449 |
| 2020s | 3,004 | #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 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 5,592 of them was named Kennedi, which outranked 95.9% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).