Kennedi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-a-dee
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #707 for girls
Kennedi is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “probably helmeted head”. In 2025 it ranked 707th for girls in the US (398 babies).
What does Kennedi 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 Kennedi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kennedi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 398 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kennedi in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kennedi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kennedi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Kennedi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #707among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 398about 1 in 4,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 398 girls in the US were named Kennedi, making it the 707th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 523rd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 848 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kennedi than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Kennedi in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,370 girls in the US were given Kennedi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #88, up from #707 for this spelling alone.
Kennedi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 398 | #707 |
| 2024 | 416 | #685 |
| 2023 | 474 | #625 |
| 2022 | 548 | #558 |
| 2021 | 590 | #523 |
| 2020 | 578 | #523 |
| 2019 | 626 | #503 |
| 2018 | 724 | #440 |
| 2017 | 717 | #442 |
| 2016 | 800 | #416 |
| 2015 | 848 | #386 |
| 2014 | 770 | #415 |
| 2013 | 690 | #445 |
| 2012 | 597 | #511 |
| 2011 | 694 | #445 |
| 2010 | 617 | #490 |
| 2009 | 663 | #468 |
| 2008 | 554 | #556 |
| 2007 | 545 | #558 |
| 2006 | 467 | #622 |
| 2005 | 444 | #629 |
| 2004 | 429 | #636 |
| 2003 | 414 | #642 |
| 2002 | 355 | #704 |
| 2001 | 322 | #741 |
| 2000 | 291 | #789 |
| 1999 | 272 | #802 |
| 1998 | 203 | #990 |
| 1997 | 160 | #1,153 |
| 1996 | 142 | #1,230 |
| 1995 | 118 | #1,389 |
| 1994 | 42 | #2,843 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Kennedi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Caoimhe Cassidy Kiara Aoibheann Teagan Raegan Eden Eireann Aoife Brianna Bree
Other spellings of Kennedi
Names related to Kennedi
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, “Kennedi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kennedi, updated 20 October 2026.