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“Variant of Kennedy — Ugly head” — Irish or Scottish Gaelic origin
Girl's name · #709 in the US (2025) · 2010s
Kennedi's best rank, #387, came in 2015; it has settled back to #709 today. Roughly 16,000 girls have been named Kennedi since 1989. In Mississippi, Louisiana and neighboring states it runs 3–8× its national rate. Kennedi is the less common spelling of Kennedy — about 12% of babies given the name are written this way; Kennedy itself ranked #85 in 2025.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 30 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 20 notable people named Kennedi:
Similar names: Kennedy · Mckinley · Kenzie · Maddie · Paislee · Kenna
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