Kendra
#849 for girls in 2025, 320 births · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #10,728
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 3,841 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 3 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 98,438since 1936
Kendra over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. 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.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #849 | 320 | — | |
| 2024 | #686 | 415 | — | |
| 2023 | #739 | 381 | — | |
| 2022 | #703 | 420 | — | |
| 2021 | #648 | 460 | — | |
| 2020 | #551 | 539 | — | |
| 2019 | #584 | 521 | — | |
| 2018 | #498 | 625 | — | |
| 2017 | #429 | 741 | — | |
| 2016 | #347 | 964 | — | |
| 2015 | #341 | 964 | — | |
| 2014 | #258 | 1,271 | — | |
| 2013 | #189 | 1,724 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #386 | 810 | — | |
| 2011 | #293 | 1,071 | — | |
| 2010 | #207 | 1,497 | — | |
| 2009 | #239 | 1,390 | — | |
| 2008 | #236 | 1,450 | — | |
| 2007 | #200 | 1,702 | — | |
| 2006 | #244 | 1,404 | — | |
| 2005 | #262 | 1,245 | — | |
| 2004 | #272 | 1,199 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #259 | 1,235 | — | |
| 2002 | #227 | 1,386 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #211 | 1,496 | — | |
| 2000 | #187 | 1,730 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #170 | 1,838 | — | |
| 1998 | #154 | 2,035 | — | |
| 1997 | #153 | 2,053 | — | |
| 1996 | #136 | 2,368 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #133 | 2,372 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #126 | 2,536 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #128 | 2,604 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #125 | 2,673 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #118 | 2,704 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #117 | 2,789 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #99 | 3,230 | #1,919 | 38 |
| 1988 | #80 | 3,761 | #2,367 | 25 |
| 1987 | #77 | 3,841 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #101 | 2,759 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #154 | 1,840 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #150 | 1,921 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #172 | 1,608 | #3,411 | 12 |
| 1982 | #163 | 1,762 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #152 | 1,849 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #154 | 1,816 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #137 | 2,069 | #2,379 | 20 |
| 1978 | #145 | 1,903 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #152 | 1,773 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #157 | 1,630 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #173 | 1,505 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #178 | 1,490 | #2,799 | 13 |
| 1973 | #204 | 1,263 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #200 | 1,396 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #202 | 1,482 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #267 | 1,150 | — | |
| 1969 | #307 | 871 | — | |
| 1968 | #330 | 695 | — | |
| 1967 | #305 | 796 | — | |
| 1966 | #331 | 714 | — | |
| 1965 | #444 | 454 | — | |
| 1964 | #490 | 392 | — | |
| 1963 | #476 | 411 | — | |
| 1962 | #507 | 365 | — | |
| 1961 | #520 | 351 | — | |
| 1960 | #587 | 285 | — | |
| 1959 | #616 | 259 | — | |
| 1958 | #699 | 200 | — | |
| 1957 | #690 | 208 | — | |
| 1956 | #623 | 237 | — | |
| 1955 | #829 | 136 | — | |
| 1954 | #897 | 114 | — | |
| 1953 | #841 | 121 | — | |
| 1952 | #954 | 96 | — | |
| 1951 | #876 | 105 | — | |
| 1950 | #927 | 92 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,032 | 75 | — | |
| 1948 | #977 | 79 | — | |
| 1947 | #909 | 95 | — | |
| 1946 | #946 | 77 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,080 | 53 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,342 | 37 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,413 | 33 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,792 | 20 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1936
The first year at least five girls were named Kendra! It came in at #3,103, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1937–1938, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Kendra is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- South Dakota#165 · 1 in 466
- Texas#327 · 1 in 1,524
- Idaho#369 · 1 in 1,285
- Kentucky#390 · 1 in 1,547
- Iowa#436 · 1 in 1,670
Best ever in a state: #31 in District of Columbia, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #165 | 6 | 1 in 466 |
| Texas | #327 | 102 | 1 in 1,524 |
| Idaho | #369 | 5 | 1 in 1,285 |
| Kentucky | #390 | 11 | 1 in 1,547 |
| Iowa | #436 | 7 | 1 in 1,670 |
| Wisconsin | #436 | 12 | 1 in 1,790 |
| Colorado | #447 | 12 | 1 in 1,844 |
| Arizona | #469 | 14 | 1 in 1,981 |
| Minnesota | #478 | 11 | 1 in 2,025 |
| Utah | #499 | 8 | 1 in 2,116 |
| Indiana | #544 | 12 | 1 in 2,365 |
| Oklahoma | #545 | 7 | 1 in 2,125 |
| Tennessee | #557 | 13 | 1 in 2,402 |
| California | #571 | 61 | 1 in 2,861 |
| North Carolina | #645 | 15 | 1 in 3,005 |
| Washington | #646 | 10 | 1 in 2,952 |
| Pennsylvania | #661 | 15 | 1 in 3,252 |
| Massachusetts | #674 | 7 | 1 in 3,551 |
| Missouri | #675 | 8 | 1 in 3,091 |
| Ohio | #728 | 13 | 1 in 3,739 |
| New Jersey | #733 | 10 | 1 in 3,643 |
| Michigan | #748 | 10 | 1 in 3,833 |
| Alabama | #832 | 5 | 1 in 3,815 |
| Georgia | #845 | 11 | 1 in 4,117 |
| New York | #973 | 15 | 1 in 5,417 |
| Florida | #1,078 | 13 | 1 in 6,431 |
| Virginia | #1,176 | 5 | 1 in 6,916 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 163 spots since 2024 (#686 → #849)
- 298 spots since 2020 (#551 → #849)
- 508 spots since 2015 (#341 → #849)
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1956 (#829 → #623)
- Biggest drop: 163 spots in 2025 (#686 → #849)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1936
- Peaked 1987 at #77 (3,841 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1987–1989
- Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1950–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 453
- Highest: 1 in 453 girls born in 1987 were named Kendra (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,023 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 24.8% of all girls named Kendra (24,387) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 33 | #2,300 (1939) | #3,277 |
| 1940s | 523 | #909 (1947) | #1,264 |
| 1950s | 1,568 | #616 (1959) | #795 |
| 1960s | 5,334 | #305 (1967) | #430 |
| 1970s | 15,661 | #137 (1979) | #182 |
| 1980s | 24,387 | #77 (1987) | #130 |
| 1990s | 23,972 | #117 (1990) | #136 |
| 2000s | 14,237 | #187 (2000) | #234 |
| 2010s | 10,188 | #189 (2013) | #353 |
| 2020s | 2,535 | #551 (2020) | #696 |
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.
Kendra in 2021
girls
#648
460 births · 1 in 3,567 girls
Top girls' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 3,567 of them was named Kendra, which outranked 96.3% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).