How rare is the name Kendrick?

23,191 people in the United States have the first name Kendrick, about 1 in 13,024. It ranks #1,456 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KENDRICK

#1,456

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
23,191
About
1 in 13,024
This common or more
74.8%
Who bears it

Of the 23,191 people named Kendrick, 62.1% reported their origin as Black, 16.3% as White and 9.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kendrick peaked in 2013, when 1,054 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
2013
Births that year
1,054
In 2025*
564 ▼46%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 33,942 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.

Kendrick by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #761. The largest share of babies named Kendrick, 29.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#3,827113
1920s#3,712181
1930s#4,106126
1940s#3,222217
1950s#3,284284
1960s#2,143711
1970s#8773,995
1980s#7615,496
1990s#7906,320
2000s#1,1044,892
2010s#8047,651
2020s#9463,956
Greatest Generation 1901–270.7%
Silent Generation 1928–450.9%
Baby boom 1946–641.8%
Generation X 1965–8014.5%
Millennials 1981–9628.4%
Generation Z 1997–1224.1%
2013 and later29.5%

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 Kendrick is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kendrick has been most common in Mississippi (4.8×), Louisiana (4.2×), and South Carolina (2.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.26×).

30,266 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 Kendrick

#1,454 Julissa · 23,238#1,455 Domingo · 23,214#1,457 Elaina · 23,181#1,458 Zack · 23,160

Spelled almost the same

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

#8,176 Kendric · 1,787#13,434 Kendria · 899#19,256 Kendrix · 552#27,808 Kendrik · 327#29,486 Kenderick · 300#51,981 Kendricks · 110

Also a last name

As a last name, Kendrick ranks #1,319 of 156,621, with 26,142 people. See Kendrick as a last name

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