How popular is the name Kennedy?

Kennedy ranks 388th among girls' names in US records, with 98,080 births since 1957. Over the past decade it accounts for 36,494.

Is Kennedy a unisex name?

No. Kennedy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2015, when 4,522 children were given the name. It has been in use for 68 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#388 of girl names

Pronounced K EH1 N AH0 D IY0 (ARPABET)

Kennedy is a girls' name, and first appears in 1957. It has been given to 98,080 children — the 388th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2015, when 4,522 children were given it.

2015Girls: 4,522Boys: 165

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Kennedy?: Kennedy ranks 388th among girls' names in US records, with 98,080 births since 1957. Over the past decade it accounts for 36,494.
Is Kennedy a unisex name?: No. Kennedy is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Kennedy most popular?: 2015, when 4,522 children were given the name. It has been in use for 68 years and is still recorded as of 2024.