Kennede
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-uh-dee
- Origin
- Irish
Kennede is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kennede mean?
Irish: variant spelling of Kennedy, from Irish Ó Cinnéide
Variant spelling of Kennedy, an Irish surname that was also the family name of US president John F. Kennedy.
Is Kennede a girl's or a boy's name?
Kennede is a girls' name.
How popular is Kennede in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Kennede in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kennede in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
Names like Kennede
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassidy Kerrigan Keegan Teagan Devyn Keely Keeley Mckenna Kierra Kayden Bree Regan
Names related to Kennede
Kennedy Kennedi Kennadi Kenedi Kenadee Kennady Kennedie Kennadee
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, “Kennede: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kennede, updated 20 October 2026.