Girl name#1,076 of girl names
Kennedi
Pronounced K EH1 N N EY1 D AY1 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 2015
- 36 years in use
How popular is Kennedi?
Kennedi is a girls' name, and first appears in 1989. It has been given to 15,644 children — the 1,076th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2015, when 862 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K EH1 N N EY1 D AY1 · K EH1 N N EY1 D IY1 · K EH1 N N IY1 D AY1 · K EH1 N N IY1 D IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 111 · 111 · 111 · 111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Kennedi
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Kennedi
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Kennedi?
- Kennedi ranks 1,076th among girls' names in US records, with 15,644 births since 1989. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,445.
- Is Kennedi a unisex name?
- No. Kennedi is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Kennedi most popular?
- 2015, when 862 children were given the name. It has been in use for 36 years and is still recorded as of 2024.