How rare is the name Kendall?

83,086 people in the United States have the first name Kendall, about 1 in 3,635. It ranks #638 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KENDALL

#638

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
83,086
About
1 in 3,635
This common or more
62.9%
Who bears it

Of the 83,086 people named Kendall, 68.9% reported their origin as White, 19.2% as Black and 5.2% as two or more races. 67.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kendall peaked in 2011, when 3,004 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19062025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
3,004
In 2025*
1,095 ▼64%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 101,883 babies have been given the name since 1906. 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.

Kendall by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #291. The largest share of babies named Kendall, 40.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1900s#3,65119
1910s#1,904355
1920s#1,673659
1930s#1,395800
1940s#1,1501,421
1950s#9532,920
1960s#7495,243
1970s#8214,469
1980s#5348,992
1990s#31920,469
2000s#29126,058
2010s#32423,379
2020s#5627,099
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–451.7%
Baby boom 1946–646.2%
Generation X 1965–807.4%
Millennials 1981–9621.8%
Generation Z 1997–1240.7%
2013 and later21.3%

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 Kendall is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kendall has been most common in Maryland (1.6×), Virginia (1.6×), and Georgia (1.5×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.26×).

94,305 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 Kendall

#636 Mildred · 83,139#637 Jaden · 83,104#639 Clarence · 82,717#640 Leonardo · 82,530

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,168 Kendal · 12,270#3,787 Kendell · 5,235#4,152 Kendyl · 4,624#8,969 Kendel · 1,584#9,880 Kendyll · 1,378#14,151 Kendalyn · 838#14,410 Kendale · 818#15,613 Kendahl · 734

Also a last name

As a last name, Kendall ranks #1,188 of 156,621, with 28,998 people. See Kendall as a last name

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