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Kennedy

Boy's name · #1842 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

3% boys · 97% girls — About 97% of babies named Kennedy in recent years have been girls. Kennedy →

Popularity over time

Kennedy reached its best rank, #518, in 1964 and ranked #1842 in 2025. About 7,500 boys have carried it since 1912.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,532 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,789 in Canada (2025) · #4,275 in England & Wales (2025) · #4,870 in France (2025) · #2,159 in Sweden (2024) · #2,615 in Austria (2023) · #4,006 in Italy (2023) · #713 in Ireland (2016) · #687 in Scotland (2013).

Famous Kennedys

• Kennedy Nzechukwu — Nigerian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter (born 1992)
• Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu — Swedish footballer (born 1980)
• Kennedy Urlacher — American football player (born 2005)
• Kennedy Chandler — American basketball player (born 2002)
• Kennedy Davenport — American drag queen (born 1980)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 177,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

• John F. Kennedy — President of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
• Robert F. Kennedy — American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)
• Ted Kennedy — United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009 (1932–2009)

In stories & tradition

• Kennedy — Operatic character in the opera The Postman Always Rings Twice by Stephen Paulus

What Kennedys become

Among 256 notable people named Kennedy:

Sports figures appear 3.12× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kennedy Bakırcıoğlu, Swedish footballer (born 1980).

Similar names: Broderick · Kenton · Fredy · Reagan · Kent · Cassidy

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