NameTides

Kennedi

Kennedi was the #707 girls' name in the US in 2025 (398 babies).

Kennedi as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Kennedi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Kennedi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#707 (398)———
2024#685 (416)———
2023#625 (474)——#1,774 (12)
2022#558 (548)——#2,315 (8)
2021#523 (590)——#1,778 (12)
2020#523 (578)#4,535 (4)—#1,877 (11)
2019#503 (626)#4,686 (4)——
2018#440 (724)#5,666 (3)—#3,286 (5)
2017#442 (717)#4,063 (5)——
2016#416 (800)——#2,383 (8)
2015#386 (848)——#2,179 (9)
2014#415 (770)——#2,185 (9)
2013#445 (690)#5,742 (3)—#2,595 (7)
2012#511 (597)——#2,601 (7)
2011#445 (694)——#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #386.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Kennedi is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,300 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kennedi by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #638MINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #433NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #711OHPennsylvania: #689PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #556MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: #204WVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #371NCSouth Carolina: #332SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #224LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #247ALGeorgia: #257GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #861TXFlorida: #571FL
Kennedi (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KennediCanadaGirls—too few
KennediEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KennediNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KennediScotlandGirls—too few
KennediUSGirls#707398
KennediUSBoys—too few