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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #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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2025#707398
2024#685416
2023#625474
2022#558548
2021#523590
2020#523578
2019#503626
2018#440724
2017#442717
2016#416800
2015#386848
2014#415770
2013#445690
2012#511597
2011#445694
2010#490617
2009#468663
2008#556554#12,5535
2007#558545
2006#622467#12,0555
2005#629444
2004#636429#11,3565
2003#642414
2002#704355
2001#741322
2000#789291
1999#803272
1998#991203
1997#1,155160
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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 2018

  • 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: #536 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,349 girlsMNIllinois: #357 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,622 girlsILWisconsin: #833 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,451 girlsWIMichigan: #347 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,491 girlsMINew York: #1,248 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,881 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: #463 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,981 girlsINOhio: #373 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,646 girlsOHPennsylvania: #485 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsPANew Jersey: #764 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,991 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #933 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 5,742 girlsCAUtah: #527 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,384 girlsUTColorado: #605 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,784 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedNEMissouri: #430 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,892 girlsMOKentucky: #344 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,365 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedWVVirginia: #329 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,438 girlsVAMaryland: #283 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,112 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedDEArizona: #845 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,198 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedKSArkansas: #384 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,377 girlsARTennessee: #230 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 974 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #261 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,154 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #170 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 707 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #456 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,739 girlsOKLouisiana: #208 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 783 girlsLAMississippi: #97 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 430 girlsMSAlabama: #175 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 720 girlsALGeorgia: #137 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 652 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kennedi, so not publishedHITexas: #387 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 1,915 girlsTXFlorida: #387 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 1,810 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#97 · 1 in 430
  2. Georgia#137 · 1 in 652
  3. South Carolina#170 · 1 in 707
  4. Alabama#175 · 1 in 720
  5. Louisiana#208 · 1 in 783

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#97251 in 430
Georgia#137711 in 652
South Carolina#170251 in 707
Alabama#175261 in 720
Louisiana#208251 in 783
Tennessee#230321 in 974
North Carolina#261391 in 1,154
Maryland#283211 in 1,112
Virginia#329251 in 1,438
Kentucky#344131 in 1,365
Michigan#347271 in 1,491
Illinois#357331 in 1,622
Ohio#373311 in 1,646
Arkansas#38481 in 1,377
Florida#387471 in 1,810
Texas#387831 in 1,915
Missouri#430141 in 1,892
Oklahoma#45691 in 1,739
Indiana#463151 in 1,981
Pennsylvania#485221 in 2,287
Utah#52771 in 2,384
Minnesota#536101 in 2,349
Colorado#60581 in 2,784
New Jersey#76491 in 3,991
Wisconsin#83351 in 4,451
Arizona#84571 in 4,198
California#933331 in 5,742
New York#1,248111 in 7,881
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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 2018

girls
#440
724 births · 1 in 2,350 girls

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #440Kennedi724
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 2,350 of them was named Kennedi, which outranked 97.6% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kennedi
  1. #434Yaretzi728
  2. #434Zariah728
  3. #439Mabel727
  4. #440Kennedi724
  5. #441Eve723
  6. #441Frances723
  7. #441Katie723
Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. 680Meghan#1,387#707
  2. 567Dior#1,360#793
  3. 367Palmer#1,042#675
  4. 361Adalee#1,217#856
  5. 346Oaklynn#888#542
Fallers
  1. 334Audrina#847#1,181
  2. 234Courtney#952#1,186
  3. 232Marjorie#938#1,170
  4. 228Anabelle#969#1,197
  5. 225Angelique#799#1,024

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

See the top 100 for 2018