Kennedy*
#379 most common girls' name of all time · #695 across all names · 7% boys / 93% girls · used 1912–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#379
Rank overall
#695 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
101,120
Since 2016
36,129
Peak year
2015 #58
Best rank
#54 2014
Girls
Boys
peak 4,688/yr
Kennedy first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,933 | 86 | 3,019 | #85 |
| 2024 | 2,890 | 96 | 2,986 | #89 |
| 2023 | 3,075 | 105 | 3,180 | #72 |
| 2022 | 3,077 | 104 | 3,181 | #74 |
| 2021 | 3,443 | 104 | 3,547 | #70 |
| 2020 | 3,361 | 142 | 3,503 | #72 |
| 2019 | 3,692 | 135 | 3,827 | #68 |
| 2018 | 3,946 | 126 | 4,072 | #59 |
| 2017 | 4,162 | 140 | 4,302 | #58 |
| 2016 | 4,341 | 171 | 4,512 | #59 |
| 2015 | 4,523 | 165 | 4,688 | #58 |
| 2014 | 4,498 | 158 | 4,656 | #54 |
| 2013 | 3,961 | 154 | 4,115 | #65 |
| 2012 | 3,389 | 164 | 3,553 | #84 |
| 2011 | 3,248 | 125 | 3,373 | #91 |
| 2010 | 2,833 | 159 | 2,992 | #111 |
| 2009 | 2,863 | 150 | 3,013 | #115 |
| 2008 | 2,953 | 166 | 3,119 | #115 |
| 2007 | 3,054 | 153 | 3,207 | #110 |
| 2006 | 2,904 | 179 | 3,083 | #115 |
| 2005 | 2,826 | 173 | 2,999 | #118 |
| 2004 | 2,886 | 183 | 3,069 | #117 |
| 2003 | 2,774 | 170 | 2,944 | #122 |
| 2002 | 2,513 | 195 | 2,708 | #136 |
| 2001 | 2,406 | 185 | 2,591 | #138 |
| 2000 | 2,390 | 160 | 2,550 | #139 |
| 1999 | 1,892 | 165 | 2,057 | #165 |
| 1998 | 1,658 | 152 | 1,810 | #183 |
| 1997 | 1,624 | 185 | 1,809 | #186 |
| 1996 | 1,418 | 169 | 1,587 | #208 |
| 1995 | 1,235 | 159 | 1,394 | #229 |
| 1994 | 473 | 142 | 615 | #524 |
| 1993 | 134 | 82 | 216 | #1,274 |
| 1992 | 47 | 88 | 135 | #2,620 |
| 1991 | 33 | 60 | 93 | #3,314 |
| 1990 | 38 | 72 | 110 | #2,975 |
| 1989 | 27 | 79 | 106 | #3,692 |
| 1988 | 15 | 59 | 74 | #5,379 |
| 1987 | 25 | 53 | 78 | #3,552 |
| 1986 | 17 | 49 | 66 | #4,581 |
| 1985 | 9 | 49 | 58 | #7,030 |
| 1984 | 10 | 59 | 69 | #6,367 |
| 1983 | 9 | 41 | 50 | #6,802 |
| 1982 | 9 | 28 | 37 | #6,973 |
| 1981 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #10,583 |
| 1979 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #9,145 |
| 1978 | 7 | 22 | 29 | #7,768 |
| 1977 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #9,863 |
| 1976 | — | 26 | 26 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #9,252 |
| 1974 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1973 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1972 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1971 | — | 35 | 35 | — |
| 1970 | — | 42 | 42 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | 33 | 38 | #7,660 |
| 1968 | — | 56 | 56 | — |
| 1967 | — | 63 | 63 | — |
| 1966 | — | 87 | 87 | — |
| 1965 | 5 | 121 | 126 | #6,733 |
| 1964 | — | 229 | 229 | — |
| 1963 | 6 | 159 | 165 | #6,072 |
| 1962 | — | 86 | 86 | — |
| 1961 | — | 178 | 178 | — |
| 1960 | — | 117 | 117 | — |
| 1959 | — | 21 | 21 | — |
| 1958 | — | 21 | 21 | — |
| 1957 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #6,310 |
| 1956 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1955 | — | 21 | 21 | — |
| 1954 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1953 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1952 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1951 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1950 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1949 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1948 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1947 | — | 22 | 22 | — |
| 1946 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1945 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1944 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1942 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1940 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1939 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1934 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1931 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1930 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1925 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1924 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1922 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1921 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1918 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1917 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1916 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1915 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1914 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | — |