# Kennedi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kennedi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,552 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 15 / 15,537 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 42, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Fanciful variant of Kennedy.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 694 | 445 |
| 2012 | 597 | 511 |
| 2013 | 690 | 445 |
| 2014 | 770 | 416 |
| 2015 | 848 | 387 |
| 2016 | 800 | 416 |
| 2017 | 717 | 442 |
| 2018 | 724 | 440 |
| 2019 | 626 | 503 |
| 2020 | 578 | 524 |
| 2021 | 590 | 523 |
| 2022 | 548 | 558 |
| 2023 | 474 | 625 |
| 2024 | 416 | 685 |
| 2025 | 398 | 709 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 12,352 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,092 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,640 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |

## People named Kennedi

- Kennedi Clements, Canadian child actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.