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.

Kendall**

#376 most common girls' name of all time · #688 across all names · 35% male / 65% female · used 1906–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#376
Rank overall
#688 of 105,966
First appeared
1906
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
101,883
Since 2016
13,564
Peak year
2011 #124
Best rank
#116 2012
Girls Boys peak 3,004/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kendall first appears in 1906. 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 932 163 1,095 #328
2024 988 164 1,152 #311
2023 982 163 1,145 #316
2022 1,061 208 1,269 #301
2021 1,046 185 1,231 #306
2020 1,019 188 1,207 #314
2019 1,215 200 1,415 #275
2018 1,213 250 1,463 #272
2017 1,399 255 1,654 #224
2016 1,703 230 1,933 #193
2015 2,201 300 2,501 #147
2014 2,442 311 2,753 #133
2013 2,518 376 2,894 #130
2012 2,625 371 2,996 #116
2011 2,595 409 3,004 #124
2010 2,343 423 2,766 #133
2009 2,415 435 2,850 #133
2008 2,310 385 2,695 #149
2007 2,167 477 2,644 #166
2006 2,324 443 2,767 #148
2005 2,457 471 2,928 #132
2004 2,360 485 2,845 #137
2003 2,183 493 2,676 #156
2002 1,643 524 2,167 #195
2001 1,524 578 2,102 #208
2000 1,651 733 2,384 #191
1999 1,442 626 2,068 #217
1998 1,645 697 2,342 #187
1997 1,559 703 2,262 #193
1996 1,468 676 2,144 #198
1995 1,546 720 2,266 #190
1994 1,648 949 2,597 #179
1993 1,271 965 2,236 #217
1992 746 787 1,533 #350
1991 668 843 1,511 #387
1990 642 868 1,510 #406
1989 624 688 1,312 #396
1988 572 665 1,237 #411
1987 702 540 1,242 #343
1986 509 511 1,020 #427
1985 447 466 913 #471
1984 471 428 899 #442
1983 247 359 606 #686
1982 278 364 642 #642
1981 196 365 561 #814
1980 190 370 560 #826
1979 97 354 451 #1,298
1978 113 335 448 #1,138
1977 81 250 331 #1,386
1976 72 280 352 #1,451
1975 70 297 367 #1,466
1974 98 345 443 #1,162
1973 111 349 460 #1,050
1972 114 330 444 #1,026
1971 200 428 628 #742
1970 112 433 545 #1,079
1969 74 402 476 #1,320
1968 89 410 499 #1,140
1967 88 396 484 #1,126
1966 89 417 506 #1,124
1965 122 430 552 #914
1964 120 538 658 #965
1963 67 464 531 #1,356
1962 66 432 498 #1,363
1961 67 415 482 #1,365
1960 109 448 557 #1,033
1959 75 408 483 #1,237
1958 70 390 460 #1,271
1957 34 382 416 #1,886
1956 31 306 337 #1,949
1955 12 226 238 #3,451
1954 14 218 232 #3,072
1953 7 214 221 #4,700
1952 13 192 205 #3,098
1951 10 145 155 #3,564
1950 13 160 173 #2,959
1949 11 166 177 #3,258
1948 12 160 172 #3,041
1947 18 150 168 #2,395
1946 147 147
1945 15 129 144 #2,290
1944 7 103 110 #3,809
1943 14 127 141 #2,511
1942 7 113 120 #3,863
1941 7 120 127 #3,706
1940 5 110 115 #4,560
1939 112 112
1938 97 97
1937 7 77 84 #3,570
1936 81 81
1935 82 82
1934 68 68
1933 87 87
1932 67 67
1931 55 55
1930 67 67
1929 5 59 64 #4,778
1928 74 74
1927 83 83
1926 66 66
1925 71 71
1924 66 66
1923 48 48
1922 60 60
1921 67 67
1920 60 60
1919 57 57
1918 47 47
1917 45 45
1916 49 49
1915 45 45
1914 30 30
1913 45 45
1912 17 17
1911 9 9
1910 11 11
1908 6 6
1907 8 8
1906 5 5