Girls' name · since 1995

Kennedee

417 babies named Kennedee in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#13,188 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,690 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
417
born since 1995
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Kennedee is the #15690 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 417 recorded since 1995.

Kennedee has 417 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15690 as of the latest data, more common than 9% 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 1995 to 2025.

  • #13,188 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,690 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 417 born since 1995
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kennedee ranks #13,188 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,690 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 417 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.

#13,188 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,690 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
417
born since 1995
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%9.2%
Kennedee vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Kennedee's 417 recorded births place it above 81.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Kennedee compares

417 Top 48% higher than 52% 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

Kennedee's all-time total is 11% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kennedee Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 417 376 567,345
Peak-year births 23 21 19,840

Kennedee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Kennedee splits its recorded history at 2009: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Kennedee popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
23
Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
0510152025 19951999200320072011201520192025 5

Kennedee by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (179 births, 43% of the file).

2000s was Kennedee's strongest decade.

179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.

Kennedee births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 179 births (43% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Kennedee by state

Where Kennedee concentrates geographically, total births since 1995

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kennedee
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
15 3.6%
Texas share of Kennedee's total US births 3.6%

15 of 417 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kennedee?
417 babies have been named Kennedee since 1995. All-time, it sits at #13,188 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #15,690 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2009 with 23 births.
Where does Kennedee sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kennedee ranks #13,188 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,690 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kennedee most popular?
Kennedee was most popular in the 2000s decade with 179 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
Where is Kennedee most popular?
The top states for the name Kennedee are Texas (15 births).
How long has the name Kennedee been used?
Records for Kennedee go back to 1995, giving 31 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Kennedee?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kendra, Kennedy, Kendall, Kenya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Kennedee's data

  • Kennedee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (179 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Texas records the most Kennedees (15 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 Kennedee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1995–2025 (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 Kennedee 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.