Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kendale*

#4,709 most common boys' name of all time · #11,595 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1963–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#4,709
Rank overall
#11,595 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,036
Since 2016
97
Peak year
1994 #2,370
Best rank
#2,110 1990
Girls Boys peak 44/yr
198020002020

Kendale first appears in 1963. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #9,068
2024 — 7 7 #10,098
2023 — 7 7 #9,946
2022 — 8 8 #9,160
2021 — 10 10 #7,721
2020 — 7 7 #9,756
2019 — 9 9 #8,358
2018 — 17 17 #5,388
2017 — 13 13 #6,419
2016 — 11 11 #7,266
2015 — 14 14 #6,072
2014 — 14 14 #6,074
2013 — 17 17 #5,234
2012 — 14 14 #6,063
2011 7 18 25 #5,049
2010 5 13 18 #6,447
2009 — 21 21 #4,636
2008 — 16 16 #5,557
2007 — 18 18 #5,057
2006 — 22 22 #4,280
2005 — 11 11 #6,763
2004 — 16 16 #5,089
2003 — 27 27 #3,395
2002 6 23 29 #3,716
2001 — 34 34 #2,765
2000 5 15 20 #4,877
1999 — 30 30 #2,827
1998 — 22 22 #3,437
1997 — 23 23 #3,206
1996 6 37 43 #2,237
1995 — 26 26 #2,797
1994 11 33 44 #2,370
1993 — 31 31 #2,430
1992 — 28 28 #2,570
1991 — 28 28 #2,509
1990 — 35 35 #2,110
1989 — 31 31 #2,229
1988 5 19 24 #2,921
1987 10 25 35 #2,317
1986 — 21 21 #2,574
1985 — 22 22 #2,410
1984 — 14 14 #3,213
1983 — 11 11 #3,783
1982 — 14 14 #3,228
1981 — 12 12 #3,530
1980 — 9 9 #4,335
1979 — 17 17 #2,746
1978 — 7 7 #4,821
1977 — 15 15 #2,870
1976 — 11 11 #3,408
1975 — 8 8 #4,172
1974 — 10 10 #3,491
1973 — 8 8 #3,948
1972 — 5 5 #5,448
1971 — 7 7 #4,264
1970 — 6 6 #4,586
1969 — 9 9 #3,289
1966 — 5 5 #4,462
1965 — 7 7 #3,521
1963 — 5 5 #4,594