Meaning not yet researched.
Kendall: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 932 in 2025. Its best rank was #116 in 2012.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #116 in 2012; #328 in 2025. About 85% of babies named Kendall in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#328 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2012, at #116.
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Kendall: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 932 girls in 2025. Peak: #116 in 2012 · most girls in one year: 2,625 (2012).
In 2025, 932 US girls were named Kendall, making it the 328th most common girls’ name of the year, down 16 places from #312 in 2024. That is 56 fewer than the 988 girls named Kendall in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #116, reached in 2012. That year also had the most girls given the name: 2,625. For comparison, it was #147 in 2015 and #2,975 in 1950.
In 2025, 163 US boys were named Kendall, making it the 1,232nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 7 places from #1,225 in 2024. That is 1 fewer than the 164 boys named Kendall in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #287, reached in 1994. The most boys given the name in a single year was 965, in 1993. For comparison, it was #782 in 2015 and #538 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kendall in 119 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1906 with 5 babies. In all, 101,883 US babies have been given the name, 65% of them girls and 35% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 26,058 babies named Kendall.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,558 US girls were named Kendall; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,703. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,725 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Kendall ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #109 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Kendal (13,800 babies since 1880), Kendell (6,759 babies since 1880), Kyndall (6,639 babies since 1880) and Kendyl (5,237 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kendale, Kendahl and Kyndell are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ken and Kenny.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kendale (1,036), Kendahl (711), Kyndell (650), Kindall (641), Kindal (309), Kindell (226), Kendelle (203), Kyndahl (105), Kendyle (39), Kendylle (17), Kendalle (15), Kendol (5), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 9 | #109 | #80 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #172 | #121 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #188 | #136 |
| Maine | 6 | #192 | #239 |
| Delaware | 5 | #200 | #120 |
| Utah | 23 | #205 | #284 |
| Wisconsin | 27 | #207 | #131 |
| South Dakota | 6 | #211 | #163 |
| Arkansas | 14 | #221 | #161 |
| Ohio | 52 | #223 | #67 |
| Michigan | 39 | #231 | #88 |
| Louisiana | 19 | #234 | #157 |
| Illinois | 43 | #244 | #126 |
| West Virginia | 7 | #250 | #77 |
| Pennsylvania | 44 | #253 | #105 |
| Minnesota | 22 | #257 | #120 |
| Connecticut | 13 | #259 | #160 |
| New Jersey | 31 | #270 | #216 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #278 | #210 |
| Massachusetts | 21 | #280 | #137 |
| Indiana | 25 | #285 | #106 |
| Georgia | 36 | #286 | #107 |
| Kentucky | 15 | #293 | #73 |
| Tennessee | 26 | #303 | #127 |
| Kansas | 11 | #304 | #85 |
| Alabama | 16 | #308 | #84 |
| Florida | 54 | #337 | #114 |
| Iowa | 10 | #340 | #128 |
| Virginia | 23 | #352 | #174 |
| Oklahoma | 12 | #361 | #148 |
| Missouri | 17 | #362 | #113 |
| New York | 45 | #382 | #235 |
| North Carolina | 27 | #413 | #144 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #452 | #193 |
| Texas | 72 | #465 | #185 |
| Washington | 15 | #468 | #268 |
| Colorado | 12 | #477 | #234 |
| Maryland | 11 | #484 | #119 |
| California | 60 | #545 | #273 |
| Arizona | 11 | #607 | #204 |
| Oregon | 5 | #683 | #233 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 932 | #328 | 163 | #1,232 |
| 2024 | 988 | #312 | 164 | #1,225 |
| 2023 | 982 | #317 | 163 | #1,221 |
| 2022 | 1,061 | #301 | 208 | #1,058 |
| 2021 | 1,046 | #306 | 185 | #1,113 |
| 2020 | 1,019 | #314 | 188 | #1,066 |
| 2019 | 1,215 | #275 | 200 | #1,037 |
| 2018 | 1,213 | #272 | 250 | #873 |
| 2017 | 1,399 | #224 | 255 | #859 |
| 2016 | 1,703 | #193 | 230 | #925 |
| 2015 | 2,201 | #147 | 300 | #782 |
| 2014 | 2,442 | #133 | 311 | #757 |
| 2013 | 2,518 | #130 | 376 | #650 |
| 2012 | 2,625 | #116 | 371 | #645 |
| 2011 | 2,595 | #124 | 409 | #602 |
| 2010 | 2,343 | #133 | 423 | #592 |
| 2009 | 2,415 | #133 | 435 | #594 |
| 2008 | 2,310 | #149 | 385 | #639 |
| 2007 | 2,167 | #166 | 477 | #538 |
| 2006 | 2,324 | #148 | 443 | #566 |
| 2005 | 2,457 | #132 | 471 | #522 |
| 2004 | 2,360 | #137 | 485 | #504 |
| 2003 | 2,183 | #156 | 493 | #500 |
| 2002 | 1,643 | #195 | 524 | #461 |
| 2001 | 1,524 | #208 | 578 | #425 |
| 2000 | 1,651 | #191 | 733 | #360 |
| 1999 | 1,442 | #217 | 626 | #395 |
| 1998 | 1,645 | #187 | 697 | #368 |
| 1997 | 1,559 | #193 | 703 | #359 |
| 1996 | 1,468 | #198 | 676 | #359 |
| 1995 | 1,546 | #190 | 720 | #338 |
| 1994 | 1,648 | #179 | 949 | #287 |
| 1993 | 1,271 | #217 | 965 | #287 |
| 1992 | 746 | #350 | 787 | #323 |
| 1991 | 668 | #387 | 843 | #306 |
| 1990 | 642 | #407 | 868 | #290 |
| 1989 | 624 | #397 | 688 | #337 |
| 1988 | 572 | #411 | 665 | #324 |
| 1987 | 702 | #343 | 540 | #360 |
| 1986 | 509 | #427 | 511 | #365 |
| 1985 | 447 | #472 | 466 | #384 |
| 1984 | 471 | #442 | 428 | #399 |
| 1983 | 247 | #687 | 359 | #436 |
| 1982 | 278 | #643 | 364 | #444 |
| 1981 | 196 | #815 | 365 | #434 |
| 1980 | 190 | #827 | 370 | #426 |
| 1979 | 97 | #1,295 | 354 | #424 |
| 1978 | 113 | #1,139 | 335 | #436 |
| 1977 | 81 | #1,388 | 250 | #531 |
| 1976 | 72 | #1,454 | 280 | #470 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,467 | 297 | #468 |
| 1974 | 98 | #1,162 | 345 | #423 |
| 1973 | 111 | #1,049 | 349 | #418 |
| 1972 | 114 | #1,025 | 330 | #437 |
| 1971 | 200 | #742 | 428 | #389 |
| 1970 | 112 | #1,079 | 433 | #387 |
| 1969 | 74 | #1,321 | 402 | #395 |
| 1968 | 89 | #1,138 | 410 | #383 |
| 1967 | 88 | #1,125 | 396 | #376 |
| 1966 | 89 | #1,126 | 417 | #371 |
| 1965 | 122 | #914 | 430 | #373 |
| 1964 | 120 | #968 | 538 | #339 |
| 1963 | 67 | #1,357 | 464 | #365 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,367 | 432 | #388 |
| 1961 | 67 | #1,367 | 415 | #391 |
| 1960 | 109 | #1,035 | 448 | #374 |
| 1959 | 75 | #1,237 | 408 | #394 |
| 1958 | 70 | #1,271 | 390 | #395 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,886 | 382 | #397 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,948 | 306 | #434 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,471 | 226 | #488 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,088 | 218 | #493 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,802 | 214 | #479 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,117 | 192 | #504 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,610 | 145 | #573 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,975 | 160 | #538 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,284 | 166 | #520 |
| 1948 | 12 | #3,058 | 160 | #525 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,399 | 150 | #551 |
| 1946 | — | — | 147 | #527 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,288 | 129 | #526 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,890 | 103 | #608 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,494 | 127 | #563 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,932 | 113 | #585 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,779 | 120 | #542 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,710 | 110 | #566 |
| 1939 | — | — | 112 | #539 |
| 1938 | — | — | 97 | #604 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,629 | 77 | #685 |
| 1936 | — | — | 81 | #649 |
| 1935 | — | — | 82 | #660 |
| 1934 | — | — | 68 | #743 |
| 1933 | — | — | 87 | #621 |
| 1932 | — | — | 67 | #774 |
| 1931 | — | — | 55 | #866 |
| 1930 | — | — | 67 | #788 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,939 | 59 | #864 |
| 1928 | — | — | 74 | #745 |
| 1927 | — | — | 83 | #714 |
| 1926 | — | — | 66 | #816 |
| 1925 | — | — | 71 | #782 |
| 1924 | — | — | 66 | #843 |
| 1923 | — | — | 48 | #1,017 |
| 1922 | — | — | 60 | #898 |
| 1921 | — | — | 67 | #846 |
| 1920 | — | — | 60 | #891 |
| 1919 | — | — | 57 | #885 |
| 1918 | — | — | 47 | #979 |
| 1917 | — | — | 45 | #973 |
| 1916 | — | — | 49 | #907 |
| 1915 | — | — | 45 | #934 |
| 1914 | — | — | 30 | #1,037 |
| 1913 | — | — | 45 | #675 |
| 1912 | — | — | 17 | #1,155 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,239 |
| 1910 | — | — | 11 | #1,013 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,301 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,051 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,339 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).