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Kennedy

Girl's name · #85 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

97% girls · 3% boys — Kennedy is also given to boys: 86 in 2025, about 1 in 30 in recent years. Kennedy →

Popularity over time

Kennedy reached #54 in 2014 and has eased to #85 since.

In just three years its births jumped from about 130 in 1993 to 1,400 in 1996 — a shift name researchers tie to MTV's Kennedy, host of Alternative Nation.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#278 in Canada (2025) · #427 in New Zealand (2025) · #780 in Scotland (2025) · #885 in Ireland (2025) · #1,584 in England & Wales (2025) · #7,519 in Ecuador (2025) · #418 in N. Ireland (2022) · #5,551 in France (2022).

Famous Kennedys

• Kennedy McMann — American actress (born 1996)
• Kennedy Blades — American freestyle wrestler (born 2003)
• Kennedy Burke — American basketball player (born 1997)
• Kennedy Summers — American model (born 1987)
• Kennedy Ryan — American romance novelist

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 — Fictional character from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

What Kennedys become

Among 256 notable people named Kennedy:

Sports figures appear 3.12× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kennedy Blades, American freestyle wrestler (born 2003).

Similar names: Kennedi · Reagan · Kendall · Melody · Quinn · Paisley

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