Kennedy Girl
How popular is Kennedy?
#85 girl name in 2025
2,933 baby girls were named Kennedy in the US in 2025, making it the 85th most popular girl name. Another 86 boys got the name (#1,837 for boys).
Kennedy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #85 for girls (▲ 4 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,933 girls, 86 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-35% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #58 in 2015, #72 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (4,523 girls) |
| Highest rank | #54 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1957 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 3% boys, 97% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kennedy 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 Kennedy is most popular
Babies named Kennedy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 8.0 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- New Hampshire: 5.8 per 1,000 (107 girls)
- Delaware: 5.6 per 1,000 (63 girls)
- Wyoming: 4.9 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Rhode Island: 4.9 per 1,000 (61 girls)
Kennedy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1960s | 16 | #5,890 |
| 1970s | 23 | #7,647 |
| 1980s | 126 | #3,521 |
| 1990s | 8,552 | #165 |
| 2000s | 27,569 | #110 |
| 2010s | 38,593 | #54 |
| 2020s | 18,779 | #70 |
Girl names about as popular as Kennedy
Questions
- Is Kennedy a boy or girl name?
- Kennedy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Kennedy were girls.
- How popular is the name Kennedy?
- 2,933 baby girls were named Kennedy in the US in 2025, making it the 85th most popular girl name. Another 86 boys got the name (#1,837 for boys).
- When was Kennedy most popular?
- Kennedy peaked in 2015, when 4,523 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #54 in 2014.
- How many people are named Kennedy?
- 101,120 babies have been named Kennedy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 99,836 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Kennedy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kennedy was most common in Vermont, at 8.0 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.