Kendale
- Last seen for girls in 2011 at #13,347
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to boys 94.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1990 · 35 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 981since 1963
Kendale 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,990 | 8 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,320 | 17 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #7,157 | 11 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,171 | 17 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,001 | 14 | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | — | #4,582 | 21 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,996 | 18 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,223 | 22 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,007 | 16 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,366 | 27 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #3,670 | 23 |
| 2001 | — | #2,742 | 34 | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | — | #2,795 | 30 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,390 | 22 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,160 | 23 | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #2,218 | 37 |
| 1995 | — | #2,762 | 26 | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #2,347 | 33 |
| 1993 | — | #2,399 | 31 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,532 | 28 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,469 | 28 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,086 | 35 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,206 | 31 | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | — | #2,510 | 21 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,630 | 11 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,412 | 12 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,134 | 9 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,791 | 15 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,264 | 11 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,941 | 8 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,318 | 10 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
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| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1963
The first year at least five boys were named Kendale! It came in at #4,048, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1964, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kendale is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Kendale in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Kendale
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 984 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #8,910)
- 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,910)
- 2,911 spots since 2015 (#5,999 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1990 at #2,086 (35 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 51,197
- Highest: 1 in 51,197 boys born in 1996 were named Kendale (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,086 in 1990, was only 1 in 58,687 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 29.9% of all boys named Kendale (293) 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 | 26 | #3,062 (1969) | #3,576 |
| 1970s | 94 | #2,669 (1979) | #3,741 |
| 1980s | 178 | #2,206 (1989) | #2,960 |
| 1990s | 293 | #2,086 (1990) | #2,616 |
| 2000s | 203 | #2,742 (2001) | #4,549 |
| 2010s | 140 | #4,983 (2011) | #6,154 |
| 2020s | 47 | #7,587 (2021) | #9,116 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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