Kennedy
Kennedy places #85 across the country in 2025, sitting where it has sat for years. First recorded 1957, best year 2015, 93,663 bearers across the whole run.
Kennedy’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Kennedy, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Kennedy since 1957
Kennedy peaked in 2015 at #58; #85 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Kennedy is most common
The state that gives Kennedy most often, per girls born there, is Wyoming (0.99% in 2025); New Hampshire and Delaware are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Kennedy
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Kehlani
#149 in 2025
Kaylani
#185 in 2025
Kailani
#253 in 2025
Addison
#84 in 2025
Jeremiah
#88 in 2025 · Hebrew
Natalie
#89 in 2025
Everly
#91 in 2025
Leonardo
#91 in 2025 · Teutonic
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About Kennedy
How common is Kennedy today?
Kennedy places #85 across the country in 2025, sitting where it has sat for years. The chart above draws the whole run since 1957, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Kennedy?
There is no citable gloss for Kennedy in our public-domain source. We show the chart, the related names and the kit, and leave the etymology to a reference you can check.
Is there a sibling name for Kennedy?
The recipe puts Kehlani first, then Kailani, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
Get Kennedy’s free Name Kit
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