Girls' name · since 1994
Kenedi
1,037 babies named Kenedi in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,319 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,037
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kenedi is the #5319 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,037 recorded since 1994.
Kenedi has 1,037 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5319 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #7,321 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,319 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,037 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kenedi ranks #7,321 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,319 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,037 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,319 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,037
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kenedi's 1,037 recorded births place it above 89.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kenedi compares
1,037 Top 32% higher than 68% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kenedi's all-time total is 176% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kenedi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,037 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kenedi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kenedi splits its recorded history at 2010: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 59 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kenedi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Kenedi by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (444 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Kenedi's strongest decade.
444 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Kenedi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 145
1990s
145 births
- 2000s
2000s
444 births
- 2010s
2010s
292 births
- 2020s 156
2020s
156 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 444 births (43% of all-time use).
How Kenedi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kenedi's total volume
Kenedi by state
Where Kenedi concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 108 | 10.4% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 16 | 1.5% |
| #3 | California | | 14 | 1.4% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
108 of 1,037 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Kenedi's data
- Kenedi's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (444 total births) through the 2020s (156) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Kenedis (108 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kenedi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kenedi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.