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.

Kendell**

#1,450 most common boys' name of all time · #3,495 across all names · 71% male / 29% female · used 1919–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,450
Rank overall
#3,495 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
6,759
Since 2016
533
Peak year
1995 #1,072
Best rank
#898 1989
Girls Boys peak 167/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kendell first appears in 1919. 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 12 28 40 #3,865
2024 11 32 43 #3,542
2023 7 35 42 #3,358
2022 12 26 38 #4,105
2021 12 26 38 #4,032
2020 18 42 60 #2,854
2019 24 53 77 #2,501
2018 21 35 56 #3,260
2017 19 43 62 #2,807
2016 25 52 77 #2,444
2015 27 54 81 #2,396
2014 37 62 99 #2,186
2013 44 60 104 #2,190
2012 53 64 117 #2,111
2011 54 81 135 #1,786
2010 36 83 119 #1,783
2009 56 81 137 #1,828
2008 39 108 147 #1,510
2007 52 79 131 #1,834
2006 63 84 147 #1,686
2005 55 83 138 #1,639
2004 75 88 163 #1,521
2003 54 80 134 #1,581
2002 45 97 142 #1,367
2001 39 93 132 #1,373
2000 56 102 158 #1,274
1999 39 110 149 #1,177
1998 66 90 156 #1,330
1997 42 101 143 #1,186
1996 50 87 137 #1,271
1995 57 110 167 #1,072
1994 63 95 158 #1,175
1993 53 103 156 #1,105
1992 27 98 125 #1,112
1991 33 117 150 #993
1990 30 129 159 #907
1989 35 127 162 #898
1988 22 88 110 #1,061
1987 41 87 128 #1,021
1986 33 83 116 #1,019
1985 23 71 94 #1,105
1984 38 62 100 #1,160
1983 17 65 82 #1,113
1982 22 62 84 #1,173
1981 18 66 84 #1,129
1980 26 61 87 #1,171
1979 10 68 78 #1,085
1978 15 80 95 #968
1977 13 49 62 #1,278
1976 12 59 71 #1,107
1975 7 47 54 #1,252
1974 16 52 68 #1,144
1973 16 29 45 #1,632
1972 16 38 54 #1,383
1971 42 56 98 #1,097
1970 16 45 61 #1,250
1969 6 43 49 #1,214
1968 11 44 55 #1,143
1967 6 39 45 #1,208
1966 12 40 52 #1,190
1965 16 40 56 #1,219
1964 9 45 54 #1,158
1963 5 49 54 #1,099
1962 31 31 #1,419
1961 8 31 39 #1,466
1960 8 43 51 #1,206
1959 7 23 30 #1,705
1958 20 34 54 #1,341
1957 5 24 29 #1,667
1956 19 19 #1,878
1955 18 18 #1,890
1954 12 12 #2,422
1953 19 19 #1,825
1952 12 12 #2,352
1951 10 10 #2,629
1950 11 11 #2,420
1949 15 15 #2,013
1948 21 21 #1,650
1947 13 13 #2,243
1946 7 7 #3,123
1945 12 12 #2,122
1944 9 9 #2,614
1943 13 13 #2,172
1941 19 19 #1,632
1940 7 7 #3,094
1939 10 10 #2,440
1938 8 8 #2,840
1937 9 9 #2,666
1935 7 7 #3,221
1934 5 5 #4,085
1933 6 6 #3,591
1931 7 7 #3,364
1930 8 8 #3,275
1928 5 5 #4,597
1925 6 6 #4,119
1924 6 6 #4,271
1922 5 5 #4,776
1920 6 6 #4,208
1919 5 5 #4,732