Name meaning & stats
Kennedy
Kennedy means “helmeted head (debated)”. 100,916 US babies since 1940, peak 2015.
What it means
“helmeted head (debated)”
Debated
In US birth records
Peak year: 2015
100,916 US babies were named Kennedy between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Kennedy (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 77% of the family
- Kennedy 77%
- Kennedi 12%
- Kennadi 2%
- Kennady 1%
- Kenadie 1%
- Kenadi 1%
- Kennedie 1%
- Kenedi 1%
- Kennadie 1%
- Kendi 1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2015)