Kennedy
Boy / Girl name · 183 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Kennedy: 183 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to both boys and girls, peaking at 10 births in 2003.
Kennedy began as a Scottish and Irish surname, the anglicised form of the Gaelic Ó Cinnéide, meaning "descendant of Cinnéidigh"—a personal name itself thought to combine ceann ("head") and éidigh ("helmeted" or "ugly"), giving the sense of "helmet-headed" or perhaps "armoured chief". The name became internationally famous through the Kennedy political dynasty of Massachusetts, most notably President John F. Kennedy, whose legacy inspired the renaming of Cape Canaveral to Cape Kennedy (later partly restored) and New York's Idlewild Airport to John
Boy 3 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 19743 babies
- Latest (2013)
- #6873 babies
- Total births
- 9since 1974
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y
Girl 29 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 200310 babies
- Latest (2025)
- #7803 babies
- Total births
- 174since 1995
- 5-year trend
- ▼ 31%vs prior 5y