How Many People Are Named Kendal?
people named Kendal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 25,877 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,800 babies named Kendal in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
657 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was a variant of KENDALL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kendal in English. Counting Kendal and these spellings together, about 109,103 people alive in the US have the name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kendal, 67.9% were girls and 32.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kendal rose from 0% in the 1940s to 67.7% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 2000s, at 81.4%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kendal alive today is about 27 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kendal first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2004, to 657 babies. In 2025, 60 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kendal has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #513, in 2004. In 2025 it ranked #3,276. Among boys, its best rank was #884, in 1990.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,276 | #7,006 |
| Best rank | #513 (2004) | #884 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #770 in the 2000s | #1,047 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kendal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kendal were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,017 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kendal was given 2.2 times as often in Alabama, 1.9 times in North Carolina and 1.8 times in Louisiana.
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