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Kennedy

Girl and boy7 letters

#885

in Ireland (2025)

#850 with spellings combined

3

babies in 2025

#832

best rank (2023)

12

babies since 2021

Kennedy through the years

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Kennedy: babies per year in Ireland, 1964 to 2025012345196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series changePeak 2021: 3
Kennedy: rank per year in Ireland, 1964 to 2025#1#10#50#100#250#500#1000196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Kennedy: per 10,000 girls per year in Ireland, 1964 to 202500.511.52196419701980199020002010202020251998: CSO series change
Babies per 10,000 girls listed by the CSO that year, which evens out changes in the number of births.
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YearBabies (girls)RankBabies (boys)Rank
20253#850--
20233#832--
20223#881--
20213#849--
2016--3#713
2002--4#393

Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.

We haven't written up the meaning and story of Kennedy yet. The popularity figures above come straight from the CSO.

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Kennedy312

In Northern Ireland

Not in the 2025 list. Best rank #351 (1998); 9 babies since 1998.

Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.

Kennedy is also given to boys: 7 since 2002.