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Kennedy

Pronounced /ˈkɛnədi/

Rank in 2024
#89
Born in 2024
2,881
Peak year
2015 · #58
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:95 in 2024 (#1,731)

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 2,881 girls were named Kennedy, about 1 in every 560.
  • It peaked in 2015 with 4,522 babies, ranked #58.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1957.
  • 90,712 girls have been named Kennedy since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Kennedy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. 1.5
    Gen Z
  7. 2.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 11 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 38 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,499 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 42,212 babies, 1.45 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 44,952 babies, 2.21 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Irish Ó Cinnéidigh (ceann (“head”) +‎ éidigh (“ugly”)) or Scottish Gaelic Ceannaideach (ceann (“head”) +‎ aideach (“ugly”). Compare Kenneth and Irish eitigh (“refuse, reject”).

  • A unisex given name.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern American usage.
  • (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈkɛnədi/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Kennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Kennedi

    Rank
    #685
    Born '24
    414
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20152024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kennadi

    Rank
    #4,598
    Born '24
    30
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20122024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kennady

    Rank
    #5,346
    Born '24
    24
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20072024