How rare is the name Kendal?

12,270 people in the United States have the first name Kendal, about 1 in 24,615. It ranks #2,168 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KENDAL

#2,168

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,270
About
1 in 24,615
This common or more
78.8%
Who bears it

Of the 12,270 people named Kendal, 70.4% reported their origin as White, 17.7% as Black and 5.1% as two or more races. 68.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kendal peaked in 2004, when 657 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
657
In 2025*
60 ▼91%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 13,800 babies have been given the name since 1915. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kendal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,223. The largest share of babies named Kendal, 45.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#10,44218
1930s#6,41053
1940s#4,515124
1950s#2,911352
1960s#2,457552
1970s#2,356716
1980s#1,6401,608
1990s#1,2953,080
2000s#1,2234,195
2010s#1,8652,573
2020s#3,891524
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.8%
Baby boom 1946–645%
Generation X 1965–807.8%
Millennials 1981–9626.7%
Generation Z 1997–1245.8%
2013 and later13.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kendal is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kendal has been most common in North Carolina (1.8×), Texas (1.8×), and Florida (1.8×), and least common in New Jersey (0.2×).

7,628 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kendal

#2,166 Jena · 12,289#2,167 Nola · 12,273#2,169 Deshawn · 12,256#2,170 Christen · 12,249

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kendal, most common first.

#638 Kendall · 83,086#4,152 Kendyl · 4,624#8,969 Kendel · 1,584#14,410 Kendale · 818#15,613 Kendahl · 734

Also a last name

As a last name, Kendal ranks #70,715 of 156,621, with 298 people. See Kendal as a last name

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