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Is Kennedy a Male or Female Name?

Kennedy is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Kennedy globally is 80.7% males and 19.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Brazil with 99.1% and the country with the highest female ratio is Canada with 69.6%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Kennedy in percentages: Globally: 80.7% males, 19.3% females, United States: 37.1% males, 62.9% females, Kenya: 96.0% males, 4.0% females, Nigeria: 96.5% males, 3.5% females, Brazil: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, Ghana: 97.4% males, 2.6% females, United Kingdom: 56.2% males, 43.8% females, South Africa: 95.8% males, 4.2% females, Canada: 30.4% males, 69.6% females, Zambia: 94.3% males, 5.7% females, Malaysia: 98.7% males, 1.3% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Kennedy are 35-44 years old, making up 20.9% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Kennedy in each age group: 18-24: 17.9%, 25-34: 16.2%, 35-44: 20.9%, 45-54: 19.4%, 55-64: 18.7%, 65+: 6.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Kennedy is Kenya with 0.3956% of the population. Following is Zambia and Ghana.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Kennedy measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Kennedy year over year: 1956: 0.0006‰, 1957: 0.0014‰, 1958: 0.0009‰, 1959: 0.0007‰, 1960: 0.0021‰, 1961: 0.0011‰, 1962: 0.0018‰, 1963: 0.0022‰, 1964: 0.0024‰, 1965: 0.0037‰, 1966: 0.0034‰, 1967: 0.0026‰, 1968: 0.0031‰, 1969: 0.0024‰, 1970: 0.0027‰, 1971: 0.0014‰, 1972: 0.0025‰, 1973: 0.0027‰, 1974: 0.0026‰, 1975: 0.0033‰, 1976: 0.0031‰, 1977: 0.0031‰, 1978: 0.0025‰, 1979: 0.0025‰, 1980: 0.0032‰, 1981: 0.0026‰, 1982: 0.0032‰, 1983: 0.0031‰, 1984: 0.0028‰, 1985: 0.0025‰, 1986: 0.0035‰, 1987: 0.0029‰, 1988: 0.0025‰, 1989: 0.0027‰, 1990: 0.0021‰, 1991: 0.0019‰, 1992: 0.0025‰, 1993: 0.0018‰, 1994: 0.0029‰, 1995: 0.0034‰, 1996: 0.0022‰, 1997: 0.0024‰, 1998: 0.0018‰, 1999: 0.0027‰, 2000: 0.0027‰

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