Kennedi

What Kennedi means

Variant of Kennedy, meaning “head + ugly”

variant of Kennedy || Borrowed from Irish Ó Cinnéidigh (ceann (“head”) +‎ éidigh (“ugly”)) or Scottish Gaelic Ceannaideach (ceann (“head”) +‎ aideach (“ugly”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Kennedi” (revision 83833858) and “Kennedy” (revision 94540761), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Kennedi?

US: Falling: down from #386 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 848 girls got the name (#386 that year). First in the US records in 1989.

How common

• About 1 in 4,038 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DE (2.22 per 1,000 girls), WV (1.58 per 1,000 girls), LA (1.16 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kennedi is #707 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kennedi were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kennedy2,933 US · 19 E&W
• Kennadi30 US
• Kynnedi26 US
• Kenadi24 US
• Kenedi24 US
• Kennady19 US
• Kennidi9 US
• Kennedii7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kennedi

Girls

• Peyton#199Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #72 in 2015, #199 in 2025
• Aliyah#263“ascent”^*
• Aaliyah#101Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 18 babies
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Reese#192“ardor”^*
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*

For a brother

• Kaiden#237Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 12 babies
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US
• Jonah#128“dove”^*
• Griffin#222Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #222 vs #1,035 in 2025
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Luke#33Editor’s note Down from #28 in 2015 to #33 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 250 US boys in the 2025 records

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kennedi’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.