Kendal
#3,249 for girls in 2025, 48 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 66.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2004 · 565 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,123since 1951
Kendal over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #3,249 | 48 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #3,575 | 43 | #3,693 | 30 |
| 2023 | #3,014 | 55 | #4,002 | 27 |
| 2022 | #2,639 | 66 | #3,344 | 35 |
| 2021 | #2,558 | 68 | #4,011 | 26 |
| 2020 | #2,341 | 75 | #2,980 | 39 |
| 2019 | #2,090 | 90 | #3,143 | 37 |
| 2018 | #1,978 | 99 | #3,793 | 28 |
| 2017 | #2,200 | 86 | #3,123 | 37 |
| 2016 | #1,567 | 142 | #2,885 | 41 |
| 2015 | #1,258 | 194 | #2,528 | 49 |
| 2014 | #1,125 | 225 | #2,461 | 51 |
| 2013 | #1,062 | 234 | #2,299 | 55 |
| 2012 | #852 | 313 | #1,909 | 75 |
| 2011 | #784 | 346 | #1,866 | 75 |
| 2010 | #886 | 299 | #1,612 | 97 |
| 2009 | #783 | 361 | #2,401 | 53 |
| 2008 | #815 | 352 | #2,237 | 59 |
| 2007 | #911 | 298 | #1,912 | 74 |
| 2006 | #818 | 333 | #1,724 | 81 |
| 2005 | #664 | 417 | #1,752 | 75 |
| 2004 | #513 | 565 | #1,477 | 92 |
| 2003 | #702 | 373 | #1,739 | 70 |
| 2002 | #795 | 295 | #1,372 | 96 |
| 2001 | #1,014 | 211 | #1,452 | 85 |
| 2000 | #1,006 | 210 | #1,341 | 95 |
| 1999 | #991 | 207 | #1,329 | 90 |
| 1998 | #878 | 240 | #1,436 | 79 |
| 1997 | #946 | 210 | #1,274 | 90 |
| 1996 | #916 | 214 | #990 | 126 |
| 1995 | #842 | 232 | #1,010 | 121 |
| 1994 | #766 | 268 | #927 | 140 |
| 1993 | #857 | 225 | #918 | 137 |
| 1992 | #1,499 | 105 | #1,017 | 115 |
| 1991 | #1,463 | 108 | #967 | 121 |
| 1990 | #1,356 | 117 | #887 | 135 |
| 1989 | #1,426 | 104 | #940 | 117 |
| 1988 | #1,269 | 115 | #1,083 | 84 |
| 1987 | #1,064 | 144 | #1,030 | 85 |
| 1986 | #1,150 | 124 | #1,075 | 75 |
| 1985 | #1,382 | 93 | #1,116 | 69 |
| 1984 | #1,075 | 130 | #1,228 | 56 |
| 1983 | #1,629 | 68 | #1,120 | 64 |
| 1982 | #1,807 | 60 | #1,293 | 52 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #1,309 | 50 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | #1,324 | 50 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | #1,319 | 49 |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | #1,272 | 50 |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | #1,450 | 40 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | #1,390 | 41 |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | #1,378 | 40 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 | #1,335 | 41 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 | #1,201 | 47 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | #1,196 | 47 |
| 1971 | #1,937 | 44 | #1,235 | 45 |
| 1970 | #2,240 | 35 | #1,178 | 49 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | #1,231 | 41 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | #1,100 | 46 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #1,231 | 37 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #1,194 | 39 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | #1,386 | 31 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 | #1,199 | 41 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #1,027 | 54 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | #1,467 | 30 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #1,273 | 38 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | #1,182 | 43 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #1,237 | 39 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #1,250 | 39 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,538 | 25 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,435 | 28 |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,701 | 20 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | — | #1,701 | 19 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,225 | 12 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,817 | 17 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,813 | 16 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,697 | 16 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,182 | 12 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,872 | 7 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kendal! It came in at #5,414, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1951–1955, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kendal is popular in 1983
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#490 · 1 in 3,637
- Washington#646 · 1 in 5,455
- North Carolina#706 · 1 in 6,674
- Florida#1,091 · 1 in 11,771
- Texas#1,230 · 1 in 14,255
Best ever in a state: #152 in North Dakota, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #490 | 6 | 1 in 3,637 |
| Washington | #646 | 5 | 1 in 5,455 |
| North Carolina | #706 | 5 | 1 in 6,674 |
| Florida | #1,091 | 5 | 1 in 11,771 |
| Texas | #1,230 | 9 | 1 in 14,255 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kendal
- 326 spots since 2024 (#3,575 → #3,249)
- 908 spots since 2020 (#2,341 → #3,249)
- 1,991 spots since 2015 (#1,258 → #3,249)
- Biggest jump: 642 spots in 1993 (#1,499 → #857)
- Biggest drop: 210 spots in 2013 (#852 → #1,062)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 2004 at #513 (565 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2002–2012
- Highest: 1 in 3,250 girls born in 2004 were named Kendal (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 33,485 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 37.4% of all girls named Kendal (3,415) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1992, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 68 | #3,379 (1958) | #4,600 |
| 1960s | 158 | #2,605 (1965) | #3,329 |
| 1970s | 267 | #1,937 (1971) | #2,938 |
| 1980s | 906 | #1,064 (1987) | #1,619 |
| 1990s | 1,926 | #766 (1994) | #1,051 |
| 2000s | 3,415 | #513 (2004) | #802 |
| 2010s | 2,028 | #784 (2011) | #1,380 |
| 2020s | 355 | #2,341 (2020) | #2,896 |
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.
Kendal in 1983
Top girls' names in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
girls
1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 24,568 of them was named Kendal, which outranked 86.5% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,608Shakita69
- #1,608Tyisha69
- #1,608Verna69
- #1,629Kendal68
- #1,629Alberta68
- #1,629Carlee68
- #1,629Carmella68
- #1,644Addie67
- #1,644Alayna67
- #1,644Aubree67
Tied with 14 names at #1,629; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 28,009 of them was named Kendal, which outranked 84.7% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,107Shon65
- #1,107Tavon65
- #1,107Torrence65
- #1,120Kendal64
- #1,120Arnoldo64
- #1,120Dimitri64
- #1,120Levon64
- #1,130Anson63
- #1,130Baron63
- #1,130Britt63
Tied with 9 names at #1,120; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.