Kennedi Girl
How popular is Kennedi?
#707 girl name in 2025
398 baby girls were named Kennedi in the US in 2025, making it the 707th most popular girl name.
Kennedi popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #707 for girls (▼ 22 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 398 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #386 in 2015, #523 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (848 girls) |
| Highest rank | #386 in 2015 |
| First recorded | 1989 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kennedi counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kennedy family of names ranked #94 for girls in 2025 (#98 the year before), with 3,370 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kennedy | 2,933 | 87% |
| Kennedi | 398 | 12% |
| Kenedi | 24 | 1% |
| Kennedie | 10 | 0% |
| Kennedee | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kennedi is most popular
Babies named Kennedi per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 2.1 per 1,000 (98 girls)
- Louisiana: 1.4 per 1,000 (119 girls)
- Alabama: 1.2 per 1,000 (113 girls)
- Georgia: 0.9 per 1,000 (214 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.9 per 1,000 (49 girls)
Kennedi by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kennedi
Questions
- Is Kennedi a boy or girl name?
- Kennedi is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kennedi were girls.
- How popular is the name Kennedi?
- 398 baby girls were named Kennedi in the US in 2025, making it the 707th most popular girl name.
- When was Kennedi most popular?
- Kennedi peaked in 2015, when 848 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #386 in 2015.
- How many people are named Kennedi?
- 15,552 babies have been named Kennedi in the US since 1880. We estimate about 15,447 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Kennedi most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kennedi was most common in Mississippi, at 2.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.