How rare is the name Kendell?

5,235 people in the United States have the first name Kendell, about 1 in 57,695. It ranks #3,787 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KENDELL

#3,787

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,235
About
1 in 57,695
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,235 people named Kendell, 45.2% reported their origin as Black, 43% as White and 5.2% as two or more races. 66% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kendell peaked in 1995, when 167 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19192025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
167
In 2025*
40 ▼76%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 6,759 babies have been given the name since 1919. 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.

Kendell by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,067. The largest share of babies named Kendell, 33.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#9,24228
1930s#6,08560
1940s#4,666116
1950s#3,809214
1960s#2,646486
1970s#2,424686
1980s#2,1241,047
1990s#2,0671,500
2000s#2,5881,429
2010s#3,734927
2020s#6,188261
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–451.8%
Baby boom 1946–647.4%
Generation X 1965–8015.2%
Millennials 1981–9629.8%
Generation Z 1997–1233.3%
2013 and later12.1%

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 Kendell is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kendell has been most common in Louisiana (12×), New York (3×), and Illinois (1.7×), and least common in California (0.61×).

2,002 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.

Exactly as common as Kendell

1 other first name also has 5,235 people.

#3,787 Miss · 5,235

Either side of Kendell

#3,784 Suzie · 5,240#3,786 Litzy · 5,236#3,787 Miss · 5,235#3,789 Eman · 5,233

Spelled almost the same

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

#638 Kendall · 83,086#2,168 Kendal · 12,270#4,152 Kendyl · 4,624#8,969 Kendel · 1,584#9,880 Kendyll · 1,378#14,410 Kendale · 818#15,613 Kendahl · 734#17,639 Kendle · 621

Also a last name

As a last name, Kendell ranks #33,564 of 156,621, with 730 people. See Kendell as a last name

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