Kendi
#9,161 most common girls' name of all time · #15,292 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1962–2025
Rank among girls
#9,161
Rank overall
#15,292 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
668
Since 2016
146
Peak year
2007 #4,725
Best rank
#4,163 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 31/yr
Kendi first appears in 1962. 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 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,607 |
| 2024 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,704 |
| 2023 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,509 |
| 2022 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #8,655 |
| 2021 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #11,362 |
| 2020 | 17 | 5 | 22 | #6,709 |
| 2019 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2018 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,848 |
| 2017 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,416 |
| 2016 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,137 |
| 2015 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,055 |
| 2014 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,297 |
| 2013 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,812 |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,437 |
| 2011 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,748 |
| 2010 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,357 |
| 2009 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,995 |
| 2008 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,191 |
| 2007 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,725 |
| 2006 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,848 |
| 2005 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,052 |
| 2004 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,854 |
| 2003 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,982 |
| 2002 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,011 |
| 2001 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,442 |
| 2000 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,362 |
| 1998 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,482 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,970 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,180 |
| 1995 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,787 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,774 |
| 1993 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,404 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,974 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,851 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,760 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,681 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,609 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,547 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,924 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,798 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,724 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,793 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,383 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,757 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,598 |
| 1979 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,163 |
| 1978 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,832 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,623 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,708 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,711 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,245 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,354 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,110 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,330 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,416 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,528 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,492 |