Kendra
#387 most common girls' name of all time · #706 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1936–2025
Rank among girls
#387
Rank overall
#706 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
98,788
Since 2016
5,386
Peak year
1987 #77
Best rank
#77 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 3,863/yr
Kendra first appears in 1936. 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 | 320 | — | 320 | #850 |
| 2024 | 415 | — | 415 | #686 |
| 2023 | 381 | — | 381 | #740 |
| 2022 | 420 | — | 420 | #703 |
| 2021 | 460 | — | 460 | #650 |
| 2020 | 539 | — | 539 | #551 |
| 2019 | 521 | — | 521 | #585 |
| 2018 | 625 | — | 625 | #498 |
| 2017 | 741 | — | 741 | #430 |
| 2016 | 964 | — | 964 | #347 |
| 2015 | 964 | — | 964 | #341 |
| 2014 | 1,271 | — | 1,271 | #258 |
| 2013 | 1,724 | 6 | 1,730 | #189 |
| 2012 | 810 | — | 810 | #386 |
| 2011 | 1,071 | — | 1,071 | #293 |
| 2010 | 1,497 | — | 1,497 | #207 |
| 2009 | 1,390 | — | 1,390 | #240 |
| 2008 | 1,450 | — | 1,450 | #236 |
| 2007 | 1,702 | — | 1,702 | #200 |
| 2006 | 1,404 | — | 1,404 | #244 |
| 2005 | 1,245 | — | 1,245 | #262 |
| 2004 | 1,199 | 9 | 1,208 | #272 |
| 2003 | 1,235 | — | 1,235 | #259 |
| 2002 | 1,386 | 5 | 1,391 | #227 |
| 2001 | 1,496 | — | 1,496 | #211 |
| 2000 | 1,730 | 7 | 1,737 | #187 |
| 1999 | 1,838 | — | 1,838 | #170 |
| 1998 | 2,035 | — | 2,035 | #154 |
| 1997 | 2,053 | — | 2,053 | #153 |
| 1996 | 2,368 | 9 | 2,377 | #136 |
| 1995 | 2,372 | 5 | 2,377 | #133 |
| 1994 | 2,536 | 11 | 2,547 | #126 |
| 1993 | 2,604 | 7 | 2,611 | #128 |
| 1992 | 2,673 | 5 | 2,678 | #125 |
| 1991 | 2,704 | 13 | 2,717 | #118 |
| 1990 | 2,789 | 13 | 2,802 | #117 |
| 1989 | 3,230 | 38 | 3,268 | #99 |
| 1988 | 3,761 | 25 | 3,786 | #80 |
| 1987 | 3,841 | 22 | 3,863 | #77 |
| 1986 | 2,759 | 9 | 2,768 | #101 |
| 1985 | 1,840 | 14 | 1,854 | #154 |
| 1984 | 1,921 | 16 | 1,937 | #150 |
| 1983 | 1,608 | 12 | 1,620 | #172 |
| 1982 | 1,762 | 18 | 1,780 | #163 |
| 1981 | 1,849 | 10 | 1,859 | #152 |
| 1980 | 1,816 | 5 | 1,821 | #154 |
| 1979 | 2,069 | 20 | 2,089 | #137 |
| 1978 | 1,903 | 11 | 1,914 | #145 |
| 1977 | 1,773 | 13 | 1,786 | #152 |
| 1976 | 1,630 | 8 | 1,638 | #157 |
| 1975 | 1,505 | 6 | 1,511 | #173 |
| 1974 | 1,490 | 13 | 1,503 | #178 |
| 1973 | 1,263 | 7 | 1,270 | #204 |
| 1972 | 1,396 | 7 | 1,403 | #200 |
| 1971 | 1,482 | 6 | 1,488 | #202 |
| 1970 | 1,150 | — | 1,150 | #267 |
| 1969 | 871 | — | 871 | #307 |
| 1968 | 695 | — | 695 | #331 |
| 1967 | 796 | — | 796 | #305 |
| 1966 | 714 | — | 714 | #332 |
| 1965 | 454 | — | 454 | #444 |
| 1964 | 392 | — | 392 | #491 |
| 1963 | 411 | — | 411 | #477 |
| 1962 | 365 | — | 365 | #508 |
| 1961 | 351 | — | 351 | #520 |
| 1960 | 285 | — | 285 | #588 |
| 1959 | 259 | — | 259 | #620 |
| 1958 | 200 | — | 200 | #699 |
| 1957 | 208 | — | 208 | #693 |
| 1956 | 237 | — | 237 | #624 |
| 1955 | 136 | — | 136 | #833 |
| 1954 | 114 | — | 114 | #904 |
| 1953 | 121 | — | 121 | #848 |
| 1952 | 96 | — | 96 | #964 |
| 1951 | 105 | — | 105 | #881 |
| 1950 | 92 | — | 92 | #936 |
| 1949 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,036 |
| 1948 | 79 | — | 79 | #986 |
| 1947 | 95 | — | 95 | #914 |
| 1946 | 77 | — | 77 | #952 |
| 1945 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,094 |
| 1944 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,430 |
| 1943 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,366 |
| 1942 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,436 |
| 1941 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,806 |
| 1940 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,843 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,413 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,823 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,837 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,371 |