Kenedy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-a-dee
- Origin
- Irish
Kenedy is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “probably helmeted head”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kenedy mean?
Irish: spelling of Kennedy; from the Irish surname Ó Cinnéide
“probably helmeted head”
From the Irish surname Ó Cinnéide; Cennétig, father of the high king Brian Boru, was an early bearer.
Meaning borrowed from Kennedy. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kenedy a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenedy is a girls' name.
How popular is Kenedy in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Kenedy in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2007, 80% of the babies named Kenedy in the US were girls.
Kenedy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,936 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Kenedy
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 Brynn Kenley
Names related to Kenedy
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, “Kenedy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenedy, updated 20 October 2026.