Kennedy
#85 for girls in 2025, 2,933 births · #1,837 for boys in 2025, 86 births
Given to girls 92.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2014 · 4,498 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 93,663since 1957
Kennedy over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #85 | 2,933 | #1,837 | 86 |
| 2024 | #89 | 2,890 | #1,724 | 96 |
| 2023 | #72 | 3,075 | #1,640 | 105 |
| 2022 | #74 | 3,077 | #1,652 | 104 |
| 2021 | #70 | 3,443 | #1,621 | 104 |
| 2020 | #72 | 3,361 | #1,286 | 142 |
| 2019 | #67 | 3,692 | #1,337 | 135 |
| 2018 | #59 | 3,946 | #1,396 | 126 |
| 2017 | #58 | 4,162 | #1,293 | 140 |
| 2016 | #59 | 4,341 | #1,130 | 171 |
| 2015 | #58 | 4,523 | #1,141 | 165 |
| 2014 | #54 | 4,498 | #1,179 | 158 |
| 2013 | #65 | 3,961 | #1,169 | 154 |
| 2012 | #84 | 3,389 | #1,120 | 164 |
| 2011 | #91 | 3,248 | #1,350 | 125 |
| 2010 | #111 | 2,833 | #1,159 | 159 |
| 2009 | #115 | 2,863 | #1,202 | 150 |
| 2008 | #115 | 2,953 | #1,105 | 166 |
| 2007 | #110 | 3,054 | #1,157 | 153 |
| 2006 | #115 | 2,904 | #1,025 | 179 |
| 2005 | #118 | 2,826 | #995 | 173 |
| 2004 | #117 | 2,886 | #925 | 183 |
| 2003 | #122 | 2,774 | #959 | 170 |
| 2002 | #136 | 2,513 | #848 | 195 |
| 2001 | #138 | 2,406 | #867 | 185 |
| 2000 | #139 | 2,390 | #949 | 160 |
| 1999 | #165 | 1,892 | #905 | 165 |
| 1998 | #183 | 1,658 | #927 | 152 |
| 1997 | #186 | 1,624 | #795 | 185 |
| 1996 | #208 | 1,418 | #840 | 169 |
| 1995 | #229 | 1,235 | #860 | 159 |
| 1994 | #524 | 473 | #917 | 142 |
| 1993 | #1,271 | 134 | #1,254 | 82 |
| 1992 | #2,612 | 47 | #1,187 | 88 |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 | #1,467 | 60 |
| 1990 | #2,957 | 38 | #1,306 | 72 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | #1,205 | 79 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #1,341 | 59 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 | #1,379 | 53 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 | #1,419 | 49 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #1,190 | 59 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | #1,490 | 41 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | — | #1,996 | 27 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #2,444 | 20 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,202 | 21 |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | — | #1,983 | 22 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,080 | 19 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,441 | 35 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,278 | 42 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #1,396 | 33 |
| 1968 | — | #986 | 56 | |
| 1967 | — | #910 | 63 | |
| 1966 | — | #778 | 87 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #676 | 121 |
| 1964 | — | #516 | 229 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #616 | 159 |
| 1962 | — | #817 | 86 | |
| 1961 | — | #591 | 178 | |
| 1960 | — | #720 | 117 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,759 | 21 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,724 | 21 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,682 | 21 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,762 | 19 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,725 | 19 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,599 | 22 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,271 | 11 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,574 | 19 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #3,212 | 6 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,265 | 14 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kennedy! It came in at #6,086, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957–1962, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kennedy is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wyoming#25 · 1 in 96
- Mississippi#29 · 1 in 188
- Oklahoma#29 · 1 in 224
- Georgia#30 · 1 in 232
- West Virginia#31 · 1 in 153
Best ever in a state: #15 in New Hampshire, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #25 | 12 | 1 in 96 |
| Mississippi | #29 | 59 | 1 in 188 |
| Oklahoma | #29 | 75 | 1 in 224 |
| Georgia | #30 | 207 | 1 in 232 |
| West Virginia | #31 | 40 | 1 in 153 |
| South Carolina | #32 | 86 | 1 in 208 |
| Kentucky | #34 | 93 | 1 in 196 |
| South Dakota | #34 | 20 | 1 in 155 |
| North Dakota | #35 | 22 | 1 in 151 |
| Ohio | #36 | 218 | 1 in 239 |
| Delaware | #37 | 17 | 1 in 155 |
| Kansas | #38 | 57 | 1 in 221 |
| Alabama | #40 | 83 | 1 in 233 |
| North Carolina | #40 | 172 | 1 in 263 |
| Nebraska | #41 | 39 | 1 in 207 |
| Idaho | #43 | 31 | 1 in 208 |
| Indiana | #43 | 116 | 1 in 261 |
| Michigan | #45 | 162 | 1 in 260 |
| Missouri | #45 | 105 | 1 in 258 |
| Virginia | #45 | 140 | 1 in 265 |
| Tennessee | #46 | 118 | 1 in 263 |
| Louisiana | #48 | 75 | 1 in 280 |
| Iowa | #49 | 55 | 1 in 236 |
| Maryland | #49 | 90 | 1 in 267 |
| Arkansas | #51 | 43 | 1 in 262 |
| New Hampshire | #52 | 21 | 1 in 170 |
| Alaska | #54 | 12 | 1 in 200 |
| Wisconsin | #55 | 78 | 1 in 299 |
| Nevada | #56 | 38 | 1 in 294 |
| Pennsylvania | #58 | 162 | 1 in 320 |
| Maine | #62 | 16 | 1 in 225 |
| Illinois | #65 | 164 | 1 in 351 |
| Texas | #66 | 402 | 1 in 416 |
| Colorado | #68 | 70 | 1 in 337 |
| Minnesota | #69 | 73 | 1 in 336 |
| Oregon | #70 | 47 | 1 in 323 |
| Florida | #71 | 212 | 1 in 409 |
| Arizona | #74 | 84 | 1 in 368 |
| Rhode Island | #80 | 11 | 1 in 260 |
| Washington | #83 | 79 | 1 in 407 |
| District of Columbia | #98 | 11 | 1 in 325 |
| Utah | #100 | 42 | 1 in 430 |
| Hawaii | #106 | 9 | 1 in 347 |
| New York | #108 | 159 | 1 in 565 |
| Connecticut | #109 | 29 | 1 in 425 |
| California | #110 | 359 | 1 in 567 |
| Massachusetts | #126 | 49 | 1 in 520 |
| New Jersey | #126 | 59 | 1 in 620 |
| New Mexico | #147 | 12 | 1 in 528 |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 Kennedy
- 4 spots since 2024 (#89 → #85)
- 13 spots since 2020 (#72 → #85)
- 27 spots since 2015 (#58 → #85)
- Biggest jump: 747 spots in 1994 (#1,271 → #524)
- Biggest drop: 17 spots in 2024 (#72 → #89)
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 2014 at #54 (4,498 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 2011–2025
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1994–2025
- Highest: 1 in 395 girls born in 2015 were named Kennedy (0.25%)
- Latest: 1 in 548 girls born in 2025 (0.18%)
- Its best rank, #54 in 2014, was only 1 in 397 (0.25%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 41.2% of all girls named Kennedy (38,593) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1992, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,086 (1957) | #6,086 |
| 1960s | 16 | #5,891 (1963) | #6,634 |
| 1970s | 23 | #7,649 (1978) | #8,845 |
| 1980s | 126 | #3,524 (1987) | #6,032 |
| 1990s | 8,552 | #165 (1999) | #1,164 |
| 2000s | 27,569 | #110 (2007) | #123 |
| 2010s | 38,593 | #54 (2014) | #71 |
| 2020s | 18,779 | #70 (2021) | #77 |
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.
Kennedy in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 408 of them was named Kennedy, which outranked 99.7% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 11,098 of them was named Kennedy, which outranked 92.0% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).