first name
KENDRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 84,524 people named Kendra, 63.8% reported their origin as White, 20.1% as Black and 9.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
What should your name go on next?
Thanks! We'll make the most-wanted one next.
Kendra peaked in 1987, when 3,863 babies got the name.
At least 98,788 babies have been given the name since 1936. 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.
Kendra by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #248. The largest share of babies named Kendra, 41.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Kendra is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kendra has been most common in Alaska (2×), Colorado (1.9×), and Idaho (1.9×), and least common in Delaware (0.39×).
96,238 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 Kendra
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kendra, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kendra ranks #33,102 of 156,621, with 742 people. See Kendra as a last name
Compare
🔎 KENDRA 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜⬜⬜⬜ 1 in 3,573 Americans Rarer than 62.4% of us Peaked in 1987 with 3,863 babies Beat that 👇 https://howrareismy.name/first/kendra/