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 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#51 · 1 in 220
- Indiana#52 · 1 in 306
- Delaware#57 · 1 in 204
- Ohio#57 · 1 in 329
- Pennsylvania#70 · 1 in 369
Best ever in a state: #28 in Delaware, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #51 | 30 | 1 in 220 |
| Indiana | #52 | 98 | 1 in 306 |
| Delaware | #57 | 13 | 1 in 204 |
| Ohio | #57 | 157 | 1 in 329 |
| Pennsylvania | #70 | 143 | 1 in 369 |
| Kentucky | #74 | 54 | 1 in 336 |
| Iowa | #78 | 37 | 1 in 339 |
| Michigan | #78 | 114 | 1 in 361 |
| North Dakota | #82 | 11 | 1 in 256 |
| Maryland | #84 | 65 | 1 in 371 |
| Georgia | #85 | 116 | 1 in 408 |
| New Hampshire | #85 | 13 | 1 in 286 |
| Kansas | #90 | 34 | 1 in 387 |
| North Carolina | #90 | 103 | 1 in 427 |
| Hawaii | #92 | 11 | 1 in 307 |
| Tennessee | #92 | 69 | 1 in 433 |
| Massachusetts | #97 | 60 | 1 in 424 |
| Virginia | #107 | 75 | 1 in 485 |
| Florida | #110 | 148 | 1 in 538 |
| Wisconsin | #110 | 48 | 1 in 480 |
| Minnesota | #112 | 50 | 1 in 481 |
| Maine | #116 | 9 | 1 in 407 |
| Rhode Island | #117 | 8 | 1 in 372 |
| Missouri | #119 | 52 | 1 in 518 |
| Illinois | #126 | 102 | 1 in 576 |
| Washington | #132 | 51 | 1 in 597 |
| Alabama | #134 | 34 | 1 in 543 |
| Texas | #136 | 234 | 1 in 677 |
| Arizona | #139 | 49 | 1 in 632 |
| Colorado | #142 | 38 | 1 in 590 |
| Louisiana | #145 | 31 | 1 in 636 |
| South Carolina | #145 | 28 | 1 in 622 |
| New Jersey | #147 | 55 | 1 in 664 |
| Mississippi | #150 | 18 | 1 in 591 |
| Nevada | #152 | 17 | 1 in 607 |
| District of Columbia | #154 | 7 | 1 in 456 |
| Connecticut | #155 | 20 | 1 in 585 |
| New York | #160 | 119 | 1 in 775 |
| Oklahoma | #160 | 25 | 1 in 659 |
| South Dakota | #176 | 6 | 1 in 497 |
| Arkansas | #182 | 17 | 1 in 670 |
| Idaho | #214 | 9 | 1 in 707 |
| Nebraska | #215 | 11 | 1 in 705 |
| New Mexico | #227 | 9 | 1 in 787 |
| California | #234 | 184 | 1 in 1,136 |
| Utah | #246 | 18 | 1 in 995 |
| Oregon | #283 | 13 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| 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 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 671 of them was named Kendall, which outranked 99.4% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 5,113 of them was named Kendall, which outranked 95.5% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.