Kennidy — girls' name
417 babies named Kennidy in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
417 girls have been named Kennidy since 1995, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2022.
- 417
- total births
- 1995–2022
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 41%
- born in that decade
41% of everyone ever named Kennidy was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Kennidy in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kennidy
The Social Security Administration has registered 417 babies named Kennidy between 1995 and 2022, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kennidy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kennidy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kennidy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kennidy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kennidy 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 417 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.
Kennidy at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kennidy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1995
- Peak year (2010)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
417 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 26 births in a single year.
Kennidy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 172 births that decade — 41% of Kennidy's all-time total
Kennidy decade highlights
- Peak decade 172 births
- Runner-up 166 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kennidy's strongest decade
172 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Kennidy by state
Where Kennidy concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 417 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 1.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.