Kendahl
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #11,146
- Last seen for boys in 2010 at #10,766
- Given to girls 93.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2000 · 32 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 662since 1965
Kendahl over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,110 | 21 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,936 | 40 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #5,437 | 23 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #3,886 | 32 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
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| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
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| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1965
The first year at least five girls were named Kendahl! It came in at #5,817, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1983, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kendahl is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Kendahl in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kendahl
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 2000 at #3,886 (32 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 47,273
- Highest: 1 in 47,273 girls born in 2008 were named Kendahl (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 205,108 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,886 in 2000, was only 1 in 56,751 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 36.7% of all girls named Kendahl (243) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #5,817 (1965) | #5,817 |
| 1970s | 5 | #9,067 (1975) | #9,067 |
| 1980s | 89 | #4,283 (1987) | #6,169 |
| 1990s | 175 | #4,238 (1998) | #5,782 |
| 2000s | 243 | #3,886 (2000) | #5,511 |
| 2010s | 131 | #6,110 (2012) | #9,353 |
| 2020s | 13 | #11,146 (2021) | #13,117 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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