Kenady
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-uh-dee
- Origin
- Irish
Kenady is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “helmeted head”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kenady mean?
Irish: spelling of Kennadi, itself a variant of Kennedy, from Irish O Cinneide
“helmeted head”
From the Irish surname borne by US President John F. Kennedy.
Meaning borrowed from Kennadi.
Is Kenady a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenady is a girls' name.
How popular is Kenady in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Kenady in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenady in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,088 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
Names like Kenady
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Teagan Kennedy Keely Keegan Kerrigan Keeley Keiry Devyn Mckenna Kenley Brynn
Names related to Kenady
More Irish names
Oscar Rowan Rory Maeve Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kenady: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenady, updated 20 October 2026.