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

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Peak · girls
2004 · 565 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,123
since 1951

Kendal over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202007peak #513, 2004peak #887, 1990girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,24948#6,80312
2024#3,57543#3,69330
2023#3,01455#4,00227
2022#2,63966#3,34435
2021#2,55868#4,01126
2020#2,34175#2,98039
2019#2,09090#3,14337
2018#1,97899#3,79328
2017#2,20086#3,12337
2016#1,567142#2,88541
2015#1,258194#2,52849
2014#1,125225#2,46151
2013#1,062234#2,29955
2012#852313#1,90975
2011#784346#1,86675
2010#886299#1,61297
2009#783361#2,40153
2008#815352#2,23759
2007#911298#1,91274
2006#818333#1,72481
2005#664417#1,75275
2004#513565#1,47792
2003#702373#1,73970
2002#795295#1,37296
2001#1,014211#1,45285
2000#1,006210#1,34195
1999#991207#1,32990
1998#878240#1,43679
1997#946210#1,27490
1996#916214#990126
1995#842232#1,010121
1994#766268#927140
1993#857225#918137
1992#1,499105#1,017115
1991#1,463108#967121
1990#1,356117#887135
1989#1,426104#940117
1988#1,269115#1,08384
1987#1,064144#1,03085
1986#1,150124#1,07575
1985#1,38293#1,11669
1984#1,075130#1,22856
1983#1,62968#1,12064
1982#1,80760#1,29352
1981#2,84731#1,30950
1980#2,53737#1,32450
1979#3,33324#1,31949
1978#2,94227#1,27250
1977#2,90927#1,45040
1976#3,96316#1,39041
1975#3,95016#1,37840
1974#2,75726#1,33541
1973#2,83024#1,20147
1972#2,52328#1,19647
1971#1,93744#1,23545
1970#2,24035#1,17849
1969#3,19918#1,23141
1968#3,45615#1,10046
1967#3,34015#1,23137
1966#3,55813#1,19439
1965#2,60522#1,38631
1964#2,91519#1,19941
1963#4,27210#1,02754
1962#4,01111#1,27937
1961#2,83919#1,46730
1960#3,09516#1,27338
1959#3,43613#1,18243
1958#3,37913#1,23739
1957#3,93010#1,25039
1956#3,49312#1,44329
1955#5,8285#1,53825
1954#5,7535#1,43528
1953—#1,76519
1952#5,5635#1,70120
1951#5,4145#1,55323
1950—#1,70119
1949—#2,22512
1948—#1,81717
1947—#1,78618
1946—#1,81316
1945—#1,69716
1944—#2,4679
1943—#2,18212
1942—#2,7128
1941—#2,8727
1940—#2,4789
1939—#2,6098
1938—#2,4799
1937—#3,1756
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First appearance
1951

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 2007

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedNHWashington: #671 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,477 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #585 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,351 girlsMNIllinois: #983 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,157 girlsILWisconsin: #732 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,250 girlsWIMichigan: #570 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,265 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedIAIndiana: #578 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,013 girlsINOhio: #557 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,186 girlsOHPennsylvania: #691 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,318 girlsPANew Jersey: #1,207 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,240 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,406 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 11,250 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedNEMissouri: #599 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,294 girlsMOKentucky: #687 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,097 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedWVVirginia: #651 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,497 girlsVAMaryland: #624 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,210 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedNMKansas: #413 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,759 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedARTennessee: #779 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,650 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,016 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,014 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #744 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,561 girlsOKLouisiana: #636 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,025 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedMSAlabama: #616 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,049 girlsALGeorgia: #1,386 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,037 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kendal, so not publishedHITexas: #1,097 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 7,048 girlsTXFlorida: #910 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,580 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kansas#413 · 1 in 1,759
  2. Ohio#557 · 1 in 3,186
  3. Michigan#570 · 1 in 3,265
  4. Indiana#578 · 1 in 3,013
  5. Minnesota#585 · 1 in 3,351

Best ever in a state: #152 in North Dakota, 2003.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kansas#41381 in 1,759
Ohio#557181 in 3,186
Michigan#570141 in 3,265
Indiana#578111 in 3,013
Minnesota#58581 in 3,351
Missouri#59991 in 3,294
Alabama#61671 in 3,049
Maryland#62481 in 3,210
Louisiana#63671 in 3,025
Virginia#651111 in 3,497
Washington#67191 in 3,477
Kentucky#68751 in 4,097
Pennsylvania#691131 in 4,318
Wisconsin#73261 in 4,250
Oklahoma#74451 in 3,561
Tennessee#77971 in 4,650
Florida#910161 in 5,580
Illinois#983111 in 6,157
North Carolina#1,01681 in 6,014
Texas#1,097241 in 7,048
New Jersey#1,20751 in 8,240
Georgia#1,38661 in 9,037
California#1,406211 in 11,250
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1951
  • Peaked 2004 at #513 (565 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 2002–2012
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,250
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 37.4% of all girls named Kendal (3,415) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1993
  • Mostly boys until 1992, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s68#3,379 (1958)#4,600
1960s158#2,605 (1965)#3,329
1970s267#1,937 (1971)#2,938
1980s906#1,064 (1987)#1,619
1990s1,926#766 (1994)#1,051
2000s3,415#513 (2004)#802
2010s2,028#784 (2011)#1,380
2020s355#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 2007

girls
#911
298 births · 1 in 6,452 girls
boys
#1,912
74 births · 1 in 28,046 boys

Top girls' names in 2007

  1. #1Emily19,367
  2. #2Isabella19,143
  3. #3Emma18,390
  4. #4Ava18,053
  5. #5Madison17,968
  6. #6Sophia17,031
  7. #7Olivia16,589
  8. #8Abigail15,476
  9. #9Hannah13,323
  10. #10Elizabeth13,071
  11. #911Kendal298

Top boys' names in 2007

  1. #1Jacob24,310
  2. #2Michael22,027
  3. #3Ethan21,041
  4. #4Joshua20,669
  5. #5Daniel20,268
  6. #6Christopher20,030
  7. #7Anthony19,639
  8. #8William18,898
  9. #9Matthew18,756
  10. #10Andrew18,461
  11. #1,912Kendal74
More about 2007

girls

1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 6,452 of them was named Kendal, which outranked 95.6% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kendal
  1. #906Makena303
  2. #906Nyasia303
  3. #910Jalynn302
  4. #911Kendal298
  5. #911Ashanti298
  6. #911Mariyah298
  7. #914Destini297
  8. #915Azaria296
  9. #915Johana296

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. ↑ 16,568Jaslene#17,168 → #600
  2. ↑ 5,379Marely#6,125 → #746
  3. ↑ 2,556Audrina#3,264 → #708
  4. ↑ 2,506Jordin#3,090 → #584
  5. ↑ 1,358Azul#2,081 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 4,216Bethzy#881 → #5,097
  2. ↓ 346Akeelah#708 → #1,054
  3. ↓ 326Tayla#926 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 312Betsy#747 → #1,059
  5. ↓ 295Shakira#780 → #1,075

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 28,046 of them was named Kendal, which outranked 86.7% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kendal
  1. #1,890Tysen75
  2. #1,890Xavior75
  3. #1,890Zakariya75
  4. #1,912Kendal74
  5. #1,912Abdulrahman74
  6. #1,912Aryeh74
  7. #1,912Briggs74
  8. #1,928Arion73
  9. #1,928Eitan73
  10. #1,928Hakeem73

Tied with 15 names at #1,912; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,623Nery#3,524 → #901
  2. ↑ 813Dereon#1,738 → #925
  3. ↑ 572Kingston#926 → #354
  4. ↑ 411Kellan#1,294 → #883
  5. ↑ 410Kelan#1,387 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 503Imanol#985 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 373Bode#856 → #1,229
  3. ↓ 344Jordy#680 → #1,024
  4. ↓ 265Koen#859 → #1,124
  5. ↓ 261Korey#985 → #1,246

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2007 →