Kennede — girls' name

What the Data Says About Kennede

The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Kennede between 1996 and 2017, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kennede currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kennede performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kennede shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Kennede in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kennede in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 141 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.