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Kennedy

Pronounced /ˈkɛnədi/

Rank in 2024
#1,731
Born in 2024
95
Peak year
1964 · #515
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:2,881 in 2024 (#89)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 95 boys were named Kennedy, about 1 in every 18,056.
  • It peaked in 1964 with 229 babies, ranked #515.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1912.
  • 7,368 boys 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.

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    Silent
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    Millennials
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Greatest: 125 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 127 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,008 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 630 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,216 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,664 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,598 babies, 0.07 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.