Kendell
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 71.0% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1989 · 127 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,802since 1919
Kendell 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 | #8,362 | 12 | #3,848 | 28 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #3,524 | 32 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #3,347 | 35 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #4,011 | 26 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 | #2,846 | 42 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | #2,491 | 53 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | #3,240 | 35 |
| 2017 | #6,287 | 19 | #2,798 | 43 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | #2,437 | 52 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | #2,386 | 54 |
| 2014 | #4,003 | 37 | #2,175 | 62 |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 | #2,182 | 60 |
| 2012 | #3,134 | 53 | #2,104 | 64 |
| 2011 | #3,092 | 54 | #1,780 | 81 |
| 2010 | #4,107 | 36 | #1,778 | 83 |
| 2009 | #3,047 | 56 | #1,825 | 81 |
| 2008 | #4,006 | 39 | #1,504 | 108 |
| 2007 | #3,247 | 52 | #1,830 | 79 |
| 2006 | #2,778 | 63 | #1,684 | 84 |
| 2005 | #2,935 | 55 | #1,635 | 83 |
| 2004 | #2,309 | 75 | #1,516 | 88 |
| 2003 | #2,840 | 54 | #1,578 | 80 |
| 2002 | #3,146 | 45 | #1,357 | 97 |
| 2001 | #3,417 | 39 | #1,368 | 93 |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | #1,271 | 102 |
| 1999 | #3,245 | 39 | #1,174 | 110 |
| 1998 | #2,164 | 66 | #1,322 | 90 |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 | #1,182 | 101 |
| 1996 | #2,510 | 50 | #1,265 | 87 |
| 1995 | #2,309 | 57 | #1,069 | 110 |
| 1994 | #2,142 | 63 | #1,168 | 95 |
| 1993 | #2,380 | 53 | #1,104 | 103 |
| 1992 | #3,866 | 27 | #1,110 | 98 |
| 1991 | #3,301 | 33 | #990 | 117 |
| 1990 | #3,523 | 30 | #907 | 129 |
| 1989 | #3,045 | 35 | #898 | 127 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #1,058 | 88 |
| 1987 | #2,493 | 41 | #1,016 | 87 |
| 1986 | #2,845 | 33 | #1,015 | 83 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 | #1,103 | 71 |
| 1984 | #2,470 | 38 | #1,154 | 62 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #1,107 | 65 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #1,164 | 62 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #1,125 | 66 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 | #1,166 | 61 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #1,077 | 68 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #967 | 80 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | #1,268 | 49 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | #1,100 | 59 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #1,238 | 47 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 | #1,135 | 52 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #1,364 | 38 |
| 1971 | #2,001 | 42 | #1,091 | 56 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #1,238 | 45 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #1,198 | 43 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #1,131 | 44 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #1,198 | 39 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | #1,178 | 40 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #1,147 | 45 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,093 | 49 |
| 1962 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #1,193 | 43 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #2,581 | 20 | #1,321 | 34 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #1,634 | 24 |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,495 | 10 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,169 | 13 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,009 | 12 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,074 | 13 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | #1,588 | 19 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kendell! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1923, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kendell is popular in 1963
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#391 · 1 in 4,506
- Texas#1,000 · 1 in 23,065
Best ever in a state: #251 in Utah, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Oklahoma | #391 | 5 | 1 in 4,506 |
| Texas | #1,000 | 5 | 1 in 23,065 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Kendell
- 324 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #3,848)
- 1,002 spots since 2020 (#2,846 → #3,848)
- 1,462 spots since 2015 (#2,386 → #3,848)
- Biggest jump: 301 spots in 1978 (#1,268 → #967)
- Biggest drop: 120 spots in 1992 (#990 → #1,110)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1989 at #898 (127 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1989–1991
- Highest: 1 in 15,755 boys born in 1989 were named Kendell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.7% of all boys named Kendell (1,040) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 28 | #3,741 (1925) | #3,976 |
| 1930s | 60 | #2,288 (1939) | #2,929 |
| 1940s | 116 | #1,588 (1941) | #2,183 |
| 1950s | 182 | #1,321 (1958) | #1,943 |
| 1960s | 405 | #1,093 (1963) | #1,219 |
| 1970s | 523 | #967 (1978) | #1,209 |
| 1980s | 772 | #898 (1989) | #1,081 |
| 1990s | 1,040 | #907 (1990) | #1,129 |
| 2000s | 895 | #1,271 (2000) | #1,557 |
| 2010s | 587 | #1,778 (2010) | #2,337 |
| 2020s | 189 | #2,846 (2020) | #3,611 |
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.
Kendell in 1963
Top girls' names in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
girls
1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 385,501 of them was named Kendell, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,069 names at #6,592; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 41,451 of them was named Kendell, which outranked 76.3% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,081Thor50
- #1,081Verne50
- #1,081Wardell50
- #1,093Kendell49
- #1,093Constantine49
- #1,093Davie49
- #1,093Drake49
- #1,100Alvis48
- #1,100Arnulfo48
- #1,100Carleton48
Tied with 6 names at #1,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.