Kynnedi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-uh-dee
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Kynnedi is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “armoured head”. In 2025 it ranked 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Kynnedi mean?
Irish: modern spelling of Kennedy, from Irish O Cinneide
“armoured head”
Kennedy began as an Irish surname and spread as a first name after US President John F. Kennedy.
Is Kynnedi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kynnedi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kynnedi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Kynnedi, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,468th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 108 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had fewer girls named Kynnedi than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Kynnedi in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 141 girls in the US were given Kynnedi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,330, up from #4,986 for this spelling alone.
Kynnedi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,720 |
| 2021 | 106 | #1,871 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,468 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,864 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,584 |
| 2017 | 68 | #2,573 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,590 |
| 2014 | 83 | #2,256 |
| 2013 | 78 | #2,344 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,795 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,751 |
| 2009 | 47 | #3,459 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 50 | #3,329 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Kynnedi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Cassidy, Kennedy, Kerrigan, Keegan, Brynlee, Brynn, Mckenna, Devyn, Kenley, Braelynn, Codi
Other spellings of Kynnedi
Kennadi, Kenadi, Kennady, Kenadee, Kennidi, Kennadee, Kynedi
Names related to Kynnedi
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, “Kynnedi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kynnedi, updated 20 October 2026.