Kennady
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-uh-dee
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Kennady is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “helmeted or misshapen head”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Kennady mean?
Irish: spelling of Kennedy, from Irish O Cinneide
“helmeted or misshapen head”
Spelling of Kennedy, the Irish surname made famous by US President John F. Kennedy.
Is Kennady a girl's or a boy's name?
Kennady is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kennady in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 9 girls.
Kennady in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Kennady in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Kennady, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 108 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer girls named Kennady than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Kennady in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 141 girls in the US were given Kennady or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,330, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Kennady in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,681 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,925 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2015 | 75 | #2,431 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,515 |
| 2013 | 77 | #2,364 |
| 2012 | 85 | #2,205 |
| 2011 | 80 | #2,326 |
| 2010 | 90 | #2,167 |
| 2009 | 103 | #2,005 |
| 2008 | 97 | #2,092 |
| 2007 | 108 | #1,908 |
| 2006 | 76 | #2,438 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 68 | #2,478 |
| 2003 | 71 | #2,343 |
| 2002 | 75 | #2,196 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,483 |
| 2000 | 59 | #2,541 |
| 1999 | 55 | #2,564 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,795 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,873 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
Nicknames for Kennady
- Kenna 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kennady
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy, Keira, Caoimhe, Teagan, Kiara, Raegan, Caragh, Aoibheann, Bree, Eowyn, Eireann, Bryony
Other spellings of Kennady
Kennadi, Kynnedi, Kenadi, Kenadee, Kennidi, Kennadee, Kynedi
Names related to Kennady
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kennady: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kennady, updated 20 October 2026.