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.

Kendon

#5,077 most common boys' name of all time · #12,564 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among boys
#5,077
Rank overall
#12,564 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
916
Since 2016
196
Peak year
2014 #2,902
Best rank
#2,782 1984
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
1960198020002020

Kendon first appears in 1959. 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 — 8 8 #9,058
2024 — 11 11 #7,353
2023 — 8 8 #9,083
2022 — 18 18 #5,262
2021 — 21 21 #4,668
2020 — 15 15 #5,767
2019 — 26 26 #4,043
2018 — 27 27 #3,923
2017 — 28 28 #3,824
2016 — 34 34 #3,311
2015 — 37 37 #3,108
2014 — 40 40 #2,902
2013 — 28 28 #3,689
2012 — 28 28 #3,746
2011 — 34 34 #3,260
2010 — 29 29 #3,656
2009 — 27 27 #3,857
2008 — 32 32 #3,444
2007 — 33 33 #3,330
2006 — 29 29 #3,547
2005 — 26 26 #3,649
2004 — 23 23 #3,907
2003 — 21 21 #4,019
2002 — 23 23 #3,714
2001 — 14 14 #5,213
2000 — 15 15 #4,868
1999 — 21 21 #3,634
1998 — 20 20 #3,643
1997 — 16 16 #4,120
1996 — 17 17 #3,905
1995 — 8 8 #6,586
1994 — 10 10 #5,603
1993 — 13 13 #4,540
1992 — 11 11 #5,018
1991 — 5 5 #8,648
1990 — 12 12 #4,522
1989 — 8 8 #5,868
1988 — 11 11 #4,318
1987 — 9 9 #4,754
1986 — 13 13 #3,545
1985 — 11 11 #3,940
1984 — 17 17 #2,782
1983 — 15 15 #3,008
1982 — 9 9 #4,419
1981 — 8 8 #4,742
1980 — 7 7 #5,218
1979 — 5 5 #6,503
1976 — 5 5 #6,005
1975 — 6 6 #5,156
1970 — 8 8 #3,756
1969 — 5 5 #4,829
1967 — 6 6 #3,898
1959 — 5 5 #4,548