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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
1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 1974 · 3
Births per year in Scotland. Missing years had a count of 2 or fewer (suppressed by NRS).

Girl 29 of 52 years

Peak year
200310 babies
Latest (2025)
#7803 babies
Total births
174since 1995
5-year trend
▼ 31%vs prior 5y
1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2003 · 10
Births per year in Scotland. Missing years had a count of 2 or fewer (suppressed by NRS).