Kendel**
#3,561 most common boys' name of all time · #8,692 across all names · 51% male / 49% female · used 1954–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#3,561
Rank overall
#8,692 of 105,966
First appeared
1954
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
1,623
Since 2016
80
Peak year
1994 #2,648
Best rank
#2,170 1965
Girls
Boys
peak 56/yr
Kendel first appears in 1954. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,074 |
| 2023 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #9,066 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,997 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,316 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,338 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2017 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #11,042 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,245 |
| 2015 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #7,154 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #5,800 |
| 2013 | 11 | 21 | 32 | #4,507 |
| 2012 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #6,052 |
| 2011 | 33 | 19 | 52 | #4,853 |
| 2010 | 16 | 15 | 31 | #5,822 |
| 2009 | 22 | 18 | 40 | #5,151 |
| 2008 | 21 | 24 | 45 | #4,182 |
| 2007 | 32 | 20 | 52 | #4,678 |
| 2006 | 19 | 16 | 35 | #5,360 |
| 2005 | 34 | 17 | 51 | #4,886 |
| 2004 | 26 | 20 | 46 | #4,305 |
| 2003 | 30 | 20 | 50 | #4,166 |
| 2002 | 23 | 22 | 45 | #3,837 |
| 2001 | 17 | 18 | 35 | #4,352 |
| 2000 | 16 | 24 | 40 | #3,461 |
| 1999 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #5,758 |
| 1998 | 19 | 16 | 35 | #4,261 |
| 1997 | 26 | 22 | 48 | #3,296 |
| 1996 | 30 | 20 | 50 | #3,457 |
| 1995 | 24 | 20 | 44 | #3,341 |
| 1994 | 28 | 28 | 56 | #2,648 |
| 1993 | 29 | 23 | 52 | #2,988 |
| 1992 | 15 | 9 | 24 | #5,800 |
| 1991 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #3,537 |
| 1990 | 14 | 18 | 32 | #3,379 |
| 1989 | 10 | 16 | 26 | #3,532 |
| 1988 | 18 | 15 | 33 | #3,439 |
| 1987 | 24 | 13 | 37 | #3,614 |
| 1986 | 15 | 12 | 27 | #3,758 |
| 1985 | 20 | 11 | 31 | #3,929 |
| 1984 | 19 | 17 | 36 | #2,776 |
| 1983 | 17 | 16 | 33 | #2,855 |
| 1982 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #5,263 |
| 1981 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #4,328 |
| 1980 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #5,842 |
| 1979 | 11 | 13 | 24 | #3,284 |
| 1978 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,839 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,685 |
| 1975 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #3,567 |
| 1974 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #4,434 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #5,480 |
| 1972 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #3,537 |
| 1971 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #2,514 |
| 1968 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,561 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,177 |
| 1966 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,384 |
| 1965 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #2,170 |
| 1964 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #3,254 |
| 1962 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #3,589 |
| 1961 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #3,322 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,679 |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,473 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,817 |