How rare is the name Kennedi?

10,494 people in the United States have the first name Kennedi, about 1 in 28,781. It ranks #2,385 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KENNEDI

#2,385

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,494
About
1 in 28,781
This common or more
79.6%
Who bears it

Of the 10,494 people named Kennedi, 61.9% reported their origin as Black, 28.8% as White and 4.8% as two or more races. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kennedi peaked in 2015, when 848 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19892025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
848
In 2025*
398 ▼53%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,552 babies have been given the name since 1989. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kennedi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #872. The largest share of babies named Kennedi, 52.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#29,8365
1990s#2,738961
2000s#1,1664,499
2010s#8727,083
2020s#1,1673,004
Millennials 1981–962.1%
Generation Z 1997–1245.3%
2013 and later52.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kennedi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kennedi has been most common in Louisiana (3.6×), Georgia (3.6×), and Mississippi (3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.22×).

14,198 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kennedi

#2,383 Brycen · 10,495#2,383 Tameka · 10,495#2,386 Chong · 10,492#2,387 Etta · 10,485

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kennedi, most common first.

#43 Kenneth · 755,679#683 Kennedy · 77,115#9,102 Kennadi · 1,555#9,143 Kennady · 1,542#10,400 Kenadi · 1,288#11,380 Kennedie · 1,129#14,244 Kenedi · 830#14,296 Kenedy · 827

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