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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |