first name
KENNEDY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 77,115 people named Kennedy, 59% reported their origin as White, 25.6% as Black and 7% as Hispanic or Latino. 91.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kennedy peaked in 2015, when 4,688 babies got the name.
At least 101,120 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.
Kennedy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #166. The largest share of babies named Kennedy, 49%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Kennedy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kennedy has been most common in Nevada (2.4×), Utah (1.8×), and Georgia (1.8×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.4×).
97,011 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 Kennedy
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kennedy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kennedy ranks #149 of 156,621, with 171,457 people. See Kennedy as a last name
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