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The Famous Kennedy Family Has A Lot To Do With The Popularity Of This Name. Also The Name Of A Buffy The Vampire Slayer's Character .
Kennedy Name Popularity
Boys vs Girls
8.12%
Male
91.88%
Female
Kennedy is predominantly a girls name, with 91.88% of Kennedys being girls, and 8.12% being boys.
In the United States there have been a total of 7090 males named Kennedy, and 80249 females given the name
Popularity of Kennedy by state:
This chart shows the maximum percentage of babys named Kennedy in each state. Lighter colors indicate higher percentages and popularity, while lower colors indicate less popularity.
Lighter = More Popular
Darker = Less Popular
Blank States = Few to None
Kennedy: Baby name popularity graph, 1880-2024
The below graph, labeled 'Percentage named Kennedy' is a graph showing the overall ranking of the boys name Kennedy in the USA from 1880-2024. 1 being the highest and most popular, 40337 being the lowest and least used. Through these years over 40337 unique total names have been given to boys living in the United States so far. Kennedy's average ranking is 4791.57, with it's highest ever rank being #. Kennedy has reach the top 10 most popular boys name 1 times, and has reached the top hundred names 1 times.
Kennedy has been used in the United States ever since 1912, with over 87339 boys given the name in the past 200 years. Kennedy gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1960, when it's usage went up by 556.98%. During this year, 117 babies were named Kennedy, which was 0.0029% of the baby boys born in the USA that year. The most the names popularity ever grew to was 0.006%, in this year alone more than 0 boys were named Kennedy.
Popular 'K' Names for Boys
Boys names starting with 'K'
Listed below are the 20 most commonly used baby names begining with K. These boys names are ordered by their overall popularity of recently named babies in the United states. Also listed is their their rank compared to other 'K' names, their over all rank among all boy names, the total number of baby boys expected to be given this name in 2024, and the total percentage of boys given this name.
| Name | 'K-Name' Rank | Overall Rank | Total Named | Percentage named |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | 1. | 143. | 4526 | 0.125% |
| Kayden | 2. | 165. | 3987 | 0.11% |
| Kingston | 3. | 226. | 3109 | 0.086% |
| Kaiden | 4. | 251. | 2870 | 0.079% |
| Kai | 5. | 252. | 2862 | 0.079% |
| King | 6. | 272. | 2642 | 0.073% |
| Kaleb | 7. | 312. | 2245 | 0.062% |
| Karter | 8. | 329. | 2114 | 0.058% |
| Kyle | 9. | 350. | 2018 | 0.056% |
| Kaden | 10. | 351. | 2017 | 0.056% |
| Kenneth | 11. | 375. | 1901 | 0.053% |
| Knox | 12. | 456. | 1527 | 0.042% |
| Kameron | 13. | 471. | 1436 | 0.04% |
| Killian | 14. | 495. | 1376 | 0.038% |
| Keegan | 15. | 525. | 1282 | 0.035% |
| Kyrie | 16. | 534. | 1256 | 0.035% |
| Kyler | 17. | 567. | 1176 | 0.033% |
| Karson | 18. | 610. | 1097 | 0.03% |
| Kash | 19. | 725. | 898 | 0.025% |
| Kason | 20. | 744. | 873 | 0.024% |