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% boys / 65% girls · 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 —