girls:
995 births since 1994
#4721 (17th percentile)
overall:
995 births since 1994
#6744 (13th percentile)
The name Kenedi is the #6,744 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 995 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 12.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,721 (17.4% percentile) for all time with 995 births since 1994.
Kenedi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (first recorded for girls in 1994).
For girls, Kenedi reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.5% percentile (ranked #905) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 32 births per million (ranked 5.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kenedi ranks #924 for girls (2.4% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 49.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenedi".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Kenedi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 28.6% confident that Kenedi is pronounced as keh-NEH-dee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-nuh-dee, at 22.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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