How Many People Are Named Kendall?
people named Kendall are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,564 people in the US has this name
Based on 101,883 babies named Kendall in Social Security records from 1906 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,004 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which comes from the name of the city of Kendale in northwest England meaning "valley on the river Kent".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Kendall in English. Counting Kendall 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 Kendall, 68.4% were girls and 31.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kendall rose from 0% in the 1910s to 84.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kendall alive today is about 25 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kendall first appears in the records in 1906 and was given most often in 2011, to 3,004 babies. In 2025, 1,095 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1906 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kendall has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #116, in 2012. In 2025 it ranked #328. Among boys, its best rank was #287, in 1993 to 1994.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #328 | #1,232 |
| Best rank | #116 (2012) | #287 (1993 to 1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #166 in the 2000s | #338 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kendall alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kendall were born in Texas than in any other state: about 8,979 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kendall was given 1.7 times as often in Alabama, 1.6 times in Louisiana and 1.6 times in Oklahoma.
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