Kendal**
#1,331 most common girls' name of all time · #2,317 across all names · 34% boys / 66% girls · used 1915–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,331
Rank overall
#2,317 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
13,800
Since 2016
1,084
Peak year
2004 #513
Best rank
#513 2004
Girls
Boys
peak 657/yr
Kendal first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 12 | 60 | #3,263 |
| 2024 | 43 | 30 | 73 | #3,583 |
| 2023 | 55 | 27 | 82 | #3,021 |
| 2022 | 66 | 35 | 101 | #2,645 |
| 2021 | 68 | 26 | 94 | #2,565 |
| 2020 | 75 | 39 | 114 | #2,350 |
| 2019 | 90 | 37 | 127 | #2,098 |
| 2018 | 99 | 28 | 127 | #1,986 |
| 2017 | 86 | 37 | 123 | #2,204 |
| 2016 | 142 | 41 | 183 | #1,568 |
| 2015 | 194 | 49 | 243 | #1,259 |
| 2014 | 225 | 51 | 276 | #1,126 |
| 2013 | 234 | 55 | 289 | #1,063 |
| 2012 | 313 | 75 | 388 | #855 |
| 2011 | 346 | 75 | 421 | #785 |
| 2010 | 299 | 97 | 396 | #887 |
| 2009 | 361 | 53 | 414 | #783 |
| 2008 | 352 | 59 | 411 | #815 |
| 2007 | 298 | 74 | 372 | #911 |
| 2006 | 333 | 81 | 414 | #818 |
| 2005 | 417 | 75 | 492 | #665 |
| 2004 | 565 | 92 | 657 | #513 |
| 2003 | 373 | 70 | 443 | #704 |
| 2002 | 295 | 96 | 391 | #795 |
| 2001 | 211 | 85 | 296 | #1,019 |
| 2000 | 210 | 95 | 305 | #1,006 |
| 1999 | 207 | 90 | 297 | #992 |
| 1998 | 240 | 79 | 319 | #880 |
| 1997 | 210 | 90 | 300 | #947 |
| 1996 | 214 | 126 | 340 | #916 |
| 1995 | 232 | 121 | 353 | #842 |
| 1994 | 268 | 140 | 408 | #768 |
| 1993 | 225 | 137 | 362 | #860 |
| 1992 | 105 | 115 | 220 | #1,500 |
| 1991 | 108 | 121 | 229 | #1,468 |
| 1990 | 117 | 135 | 252 | #1,358 |
| 1989 | 104 | 117 | 221 | #1,429 |
| 1988 | 115 | 84 | 199 | #1,273 |
| 1987 | 144 | 85 | 229 | #1,066 |
| 1986 | 124 | 75 | 199 | #1,152 |
| 1985 | 93 | 69 | 162 | #1,384 |
| 1984 | 130 | 56 | 186 | #1,076 |
| 1983 | 68 | 64 | 132 | #1,636 |
| 1982 | 60 | 52 | 112 | #1,812 |
| 1981 | 31 | 50 | 81 | #2,865 |
| 1980 | 37 | 50 | 87 | #2,561 |
| 1979 | 24 | 49 | 73 | #3,359 |
| 1978 | 27 | 50 | 77 | #2,954 |
| 1977 | 27 | 40 | 67 | #2,934 |
| 1976 | 16 | 41 | 57 | #4,008 |
| 1975 | 16 | 40 | 56 | #3,999 |
| 1974 | 26 | 41 | 67 | #2,783 |
| 1973 | 24 | 47 | 71 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 28 | 47 | 75 | #2,548 |
| 1971 | 44 | 45 | 89 | #1,946 |
| 1970 | 35 | 49 | 84 | #2,249 |
| 1969 | 18 | 41 | 59 | #3,237 |
| 1968 | 15 | 46 | 61 | #3,499 |
| 1967 | 15 | 37 | 52 | #3,395 |
| 1966 | 13 | 39 | 52 | #3,621 |
| 1965 | 22 | 31 | 53 | #2,632 |
| 1964 | 19 | 41 | 60 | #2,954 |
| 1963 | 10 | 54 | 64 | #4,364 |
| 1962 | 11 | 37 | 48 | #4,102 |
| 1961 | 19 | 30 | 49 | #2,885 |
| 1960 | 16 | 38 | 54 | #3,146 |
| 1959 | 13 | 43 | 56 | #3,529 |
| 1958 | 13 | 39 | 52 | #3,449 |
| 1957 | 10 | 39 | 49 | #4,043 |
| 1956 | 12 | 29 | 41 | #3,588 |
| 1955 | 5 | 25 | 30 | #6,157 |
| 1954 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #6,031 |
| 1953 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1952 | 5 | 20 | 25 | #5,852 |
| 1951 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #5,720 |
| 1950 | — | 19 | 19 | — |
| 1949 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1948 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1947 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1946 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1945 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1944 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1943 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1942 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1940 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1939 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1934 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1930 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1915 | — | 5 | 5 | — |