Kendall
#328 for girls in 2025, 932 births · #1,231 for boys in 2025, 163 births
Given to girls 65.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 2,625 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 66,533since 1929
Kendall 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 | #328 | 932 | #1,231 | 163 |
| 2024 | #311 | 988 | #1,224 | 164 |
| 2023 | #316 | 982 | #1,217 | 163 |
| 2022 | #301 | 1,061 | #1,057 | 208 |
| 2021 | #305 | 1,046 | #1,112 | 185 |
| 2020 | #314 | 1,019 | #1,064 | 188 |
| 2019 | #275 | 1,215 | #1,034 | 200 |
| 2018 | #272 | 1,213 | #872 | 250 |
| 2017 | #223 | 1,399 | #854 | 255 |
| 2016 | #193 | 1,703 | #923 | 230 |
| 2015 | #147 | 2,201 | #781 | 300 |
| 2014 | #133 | 2,442 | #756 | 311 |
| 2013 | #130 | 2,518 | #650 | 376 |
| 2012 | #116 | 2,625 | #645 | 371 |
| 2011 | #124 | 2,595 | #601 | 409 |
| 2010 | #133 | 2,343 | #590 | 423 |
| 2009 | #133 | 2,415 | #594 | 435 |
| 2008 | #149 | 2,310 | #638 | 385 |
| 2007 | #166 | 2,167 | #538 | 477 |
| 2006 | #148 | 2,324 | #565 | 443 |
| 2005 | #132 | 2,457 | #521 | 471 |
| 2004 | #137 | 2,360 | #504 | 485 |
| 2003 | #156 | 2,183 | #500 | 493 |
| 2002 | #195 | 1,643 | #461 | 524 |
| 2001 | #208 | 1,524 | #425 | 578 |
| 2000 | #191 | 1,651 | #360 | 733 |
| 1999 | #217 | 1,442 | #395 | 626 |
| 1998 | #187 | 1,645 | #368 | 697 |
| 1997 | #193 | 1,559 | #359 | 703 |
| 1996 | #198 | 1,468 | #359 | 676 |
| 1995 | #190 | 1,546 | #338 | 720 |
| 1994 | #179 | 1,648 | #287 | 949 |
| 1993 | #217 | 1,271 | #287 | 965 |
| 1992 | #350 | 746 | #323 | 787 |
| 1991 | #386 | 668 | #305 | 843 |
| 1990 | #404 | 642 | #290 | 868 |
| 1989 | #396 | 624 | #336 | 688 |
| 1988 | #411 | 572 | #324 | 665 |
| 1987 | #343 | 702 | #360 | 540 |
| 1986 | #427 | 509 | #365 | 511 |
| 1985 | #471 | 447 | #384 | 466 |
| 1984 | #441 | 471 | #398 | 428 |
| 1983 | #686 | 247 | #436 | 359 |
| 1982 | #642 | 278 | #443 | 364 |
| 1981 | #813 | 196 | #434 | 365 |
| 1980 | #824 | 190 | #426 | 370 |
| 1979 | #1,294 | 97 | #424 | 354 |
| 1978 | #1,138 | 113 | #436 | 335 |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 | #530 | 250 |
| 1976 | #1,446 | 72 | #470 | 280 |
| 1975 | #1,459 | 70 | #468 | 297 |
| 1974 | #1,161 | 98 | #422 | 345 |
| 1973 | #1,047 | 111 | #418 | 349 |
| 1972 | #1,022 | 114 | #436 | 330 |
| 1971 | #742 | 200 | #389 | 428 |
| 1970 | #1,078 | 112 | #387 | 433 |
| 1969 | #1,317 | 74 | #395 | 402 |
| 1968 | #1,133 | 89 | #383 | 410 |
| 1967 | #1,119 | 88 | #376 | 396 |
| 1966 | #1,119 | 89 | #371 | 417 |
| 1965 | #914 | 122 | #373 | 430 |
| 1964 | #964 | 120 | #339 | 538 |
| 1963 | #1,352 | 67 | #365 | 464 |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | #388 | 432 |
| 1961 | #1,360 | 67 | #391 | 415 |
| 1960 | #1,029 | 109 | #374 | 448 |
| 1959 | #1,230 | 75 | #394 | 408 |
| 1958 | #1,266 | 70 | #395 | 390 |
| 1957 | #1,869 | 34 | #396 | 382 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 | #434 | 306 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #488 | 226 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | #490 | 218 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #478 | 214 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | #504 | 192 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | #573 | 145 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #537 | 160 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #520 | 166 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | #523 | 160 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | #551 | 150 |
| 1946 | — | #527 | 147 | |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | #525 | 129 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #604 | 103 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #562 | 127 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #584 | 113 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #541 | 120 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #565 | 110 |
| 1939 | — | #539 | 112 | |
| 1938 | — | #601 | 97 | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #682 | 77 |
| 1936 | — | #644 | 81 | |
| 1935 | — | #658 | 82 | |
| 1934 | — | #742 | 68 | |
| 1933 | — | #619 | 87 | |
| 1932 | — | #769 | 67 | |
| 1931 | — | #858 | 55 | |
| 1930 | — | #782 | 67 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #859 | 59 |
| 1928 | — | #743 | 74 | |
| 1927 | — | #713 | 83 | |
| 1926 | — | #813 | 66 | |
| 1925 | — | #779 | 71 | |
| 1924 | — | #838 | 66 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,008 | 48 | |
| 1922 | — | #891 | 60 | |
| 1921 | — | #843 | 67 | |
| 1920 | — | #887 | 60 | |
| 1919 | — | #877 | 57 | |
| 1918 | — | #975 | 47 | |
| 1917 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1916 | — | #892 | 49 | |
| 1915 | — | #925 | 45 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,019 | 30 | |
| 1913 | — | #667 | 45 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,137 | 17 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #999 | 8 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kendall! It came in at #4,570, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1929–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kendall is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#153 · 1 in 805
- South Carolina#243 · 1 in 1,372
- Virginia#283 · 1 in 1,734
- North Carolina#300 · 1 in 2,091
- Oregon#305 · 1 in 1,737
Best ever in a state: #28 in Delaware, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #153 | 25 | 1 in 805 |
| South Carolina | #243 | 13 | 1 in 1,372 |
| Virginia | #283 | 19 | 1 in 1,734 |
| North Carolina | #300 | 17 | 1 in 2,091 |
| Oregon | #305 | 9 | 1 in 1,737 |
| Kentucky | #320 | 9 | 1 in 2,361 |
| Colorado | #324 | 11 | 1 in 1,996 |
| Washington | #345 | 13 | 1 in 2,126 |
| Tennessee | #364 | 10 | 1 in 2,777 |
| Florida | #365 | 26 | 1 in 2,510 |
| Illinois | #370 | 29 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Texas | #375 | 56 | 1 in 2,381 |
| Georgia | #399 | 13 | 1 in 2,853 |
| Maryland | #400 | 8 | 1 in 3,014 |
| Kansas | #405 | 5 | 1 in 2,930 |
| Wisconsin | #412 | 8 | 1 in 3,830 |
| Michigan | #436 | 16 | 1 in 3,579 |
| Indiana | #448 | 9 | 1 in 3,782 |
| Ohio | #471 | 16 | 1 in 4,318 |
| Minnesota | #481 | 6 | 1 in 4,757 |
| Massachusetts | #482 | 8 | 1 in 4,374 |
| Arizona | #509 | 7 | 1 in 3,285 |
| Missouri | #513 | 7 | 1 in 4,598 |
| Louisiana | #548 | 8 | 1 in 3,760 |
| Pennsylvania | #555 | 13 | 1 in 5,319 |
| California | #665 | 39 | 1 in 5,186 |
| New York | #1,058 | 10 | 1 in 10,689 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Connecticut | — | — | — |
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| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Kendall
- 17 spots since 2024 (#311 → #328)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#314 → #328)
- 181 spots since 2015 (#147 → #328)
- Biggest jump: 470 spots in 1980 (#1,294 → #824)
- Biggest drop: 280 spots in 1972 (#742 → #1,022)
- Debuted 1929
- Peaked 2012 at #116 (2,625 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1980–2025
- Highest: 1 in 671 girls born in 2012 were named Kendall (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,725 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
- 31.6% of all girls named Kendall (21,034) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1992, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,570 (1929) | #4,570 |
| 1930s | 7 | #3,434 (1937) | #3,434 |
| 1940s | 96 | #2,237 (1945) | #3,169 |
| 1950s | 279 | #1,230 (1959) | #2,672 |
| 1960s | 891 | #914 (1965) | #1,167 |
| 1970s | 1,068 | #742 (1971) | #1,177 |
| 1980s | 4,236 | #343 (1987) | #545 |
| 1990s | 12,635 | #179 (1994) | #252 |
| 2000s | 21,034 | #132 (2005) | #162 |
| 2010s | 20,254 | #116 (2012) | #175 |
| 2020s | 6,028 | #301 (2022) | #313 |
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.
Kendall in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 3,850 of them was named Kendall, which outranked 96.2% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 3,966 of them was named Kendall, which outranked 94.9% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.