Girls' name · since 1989
Kennedi
Kennedi has 15,537 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,257 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #709 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,537
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
15,537 babies have been named Kennedi since 1989, making it today's #709 girls' name.
Kennedi has 15,537 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #709 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #1,257 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #709 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15,537 born since 1989
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kennedi ranks #1,257 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #709 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15,537 born since 1989, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,257 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #709 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15,537
- born since 1989
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kennedi's 15,537 recorded births place it above 98.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kennedi compares
15,537 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Kennedi's all-time total is 41x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kennedi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15,537 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 848 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kennedi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kennedi's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 73% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 27%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2015 peak of 848, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kennedi popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 848
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Kennedi popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 2004 (Kennedi as boys' name)
Kennedi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (7,083 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Kennedi's strongest decade.
7,083 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Kennedi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 961
1990s
961 births
- 2000s
2000s
4,484 births
- 2010s
2010s
7,083 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,004 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 7,083 births (46% of all-time use).
How Kennedi 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 Kennedi's total volume
Kennedi by state
Where Kennedi concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,678 | 10.8% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 1,449 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 945 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 738 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 734 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 695 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 659 | 4.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 648 | 4.2% |
1,678 of 15,537 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Kennedi appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kennedi's data
- Kennedi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (7,083 total births) through the 2020s (3,004) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Kennedis (1,678 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 Kennedi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Kennedi 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.