Kendyl
#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
Given to girls 97.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 264 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,098since 1963
Kendyl over time
Rank among girls' names. Kendyl has never cracked the top 900 here.
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 | #4,172 | 34 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,695 | 41 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,428 | 46 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #3,893 | 38 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,751 | 62 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,682 | 62 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #2,043 | 93 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #2,179 | 86 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | #2,074 | 94 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #1,465 | 157 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #1,307 | 182 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #1,134 | 221 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #1,046 | 236 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #966 | 264 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #985 | 260 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #1,082 | 230 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #1,040 | 250 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #1,117 | 231 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #1,322 | 184 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #1,222 | 197 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #1,168 | 197 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,082 | 212 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,284 | 162 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #1,558 | 120 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #1,573 | 118 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,310 | 145 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #1,654 | 100 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,481 | 115 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,449 | 114 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,510 | 106 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,466 | 109 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #1,408 | 114 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #1,495 | 106 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #1,855 | 76 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #3,036 | 37 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,803 | 37 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,434 | 42 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,054 | 30 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
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| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
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| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
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| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | — | |
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| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
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| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kendyl! It came in at #5,891, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kendyl is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Iowa#365 · 1 in 1,469
- Nebraska#436 · 1 in 1,641
- Indiana#449 · 1 in 2,113
- Wisconsin#454 · 1 in 2,228
- Ohio#462 · 1 in 2,475
Best ever in a state: #225 in North Dakota, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #365 | 9 | 1 in 1,469 |
| Nebraska | #436 | 5 | 1 in 1,641 |
| Indiana | #449 | 15 | 1 in 2,113 |
| Wisconsin | #454 | 11 | 1 in 2,228 |
| Ohio | #462 | 22 | 1 in 2,475 |
| Kentucky | #479 | 8 | 1 in 2,411 |
| Missouri | #504 | 11 | 1 in 2,546 |
| Pennsylvania | #666 | 14 | 1 in 3,902 |
| Maryland | #765 | 6 | 1 in 4,120 |
| Colorado | #806 | 6 | 1 in 3,974 |
| Georgia | #851 | 11 | 1 in 4,611 |
| Michigan | #883 | 8 | 1 in 5,343 |
| North Carolina | #989 | 8 | 1 in 5,802 |
| Tennessee | #1,019 | 5 | 1 in 6,104 |
| Arizona | #1,020 | 6 | 1 in 5,587 |
| Illinois | #1,038 | 10 | 1 in 6,324 |
| Washington | #1,094 | 5 | 1 in 6,272 |
| Florida | #1,147 | 11 | 1 in 7,485 |
| Texas | #1,342 | 18 | 1 in 9,259 |
| California | #2,134 | 11 | 1 in 19,844 |
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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.
See more about Kendyl
- 477 spots since 2024 (#3,695 → #4,172)
- 1,490 spots since 2020 (#2,682 → #4,172)
- 2,865 spots since 2015 (#1,307 → #4,172)
- Biggest jump: 97 spots in 2011 (#1,082 → #985)
- Biggest drop: 80 spots in 2013 (#966 → #1,046)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2012 at #966 (264 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2011–2012
- Highest: 1 in 6,671 girls born in 2012 were named Kendyl (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 47,273 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.8% of all girls named Kendyl (1,823) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21 | #5,008 (1964) | #5,391 |
| 1970s | 22 | #6,619 (1971) | #8,726 |
| 1980s | 214 | #2,434 (1987) | #5,014 |
| 1990s | 919 | #1,408 (1994) | #1,809 |
| 2000s | 1,816 | #1,040 (2009) | #1,268 |
| 2010s | 1,823 | #966 (2012) | #1,428 |
| 2020s | 283 | #2,682 (2020) | #3,437 |
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.
Kendyl in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 7,348 of them was named Kendyl, which outranked 94.9% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,037Braylee251
- #1,037Gillian251
- #1,037Leigha251
- #1,040Kendyl250
- #1,040Bryleigh250
- #1,040Desirae250
- #1,040Emmalyn250
- #1,045Ashtyn249
- #1,045Lucero249
- #1,047Kianna248
Tied with 4 names at #1,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 396,715 of them was named Kendyl, which outranked 14.1% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 2,049 names at #12,491; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.