How Many People Are Named Kendell?

6,287

people named Kendell are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 54,363 people in the US has this name

Based on 6,759 babies named Kendell in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,242

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#191

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Peak Year

1995

167 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
30.3%
Male
69.7%

Of the babies given the name Kendell, 30.3% were girls and 69.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kendell rose from 0% in the 1940s to 27.6% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kendell alive today is about 31 years old, and 50% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 41 in 2025.

Under 30 3,162
50.3%
30 to 59 2,680
42.6%
60 and over 446
7.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kendell first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 1995, to 167 babies. In 2025, 40 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Kendell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #897, in 1989. In 2025 it ranked #3,900. Among girls, its best rank was #2,018, in 1971.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#3,900#8,615
Best rank#897 (1989)#2,018 (1971)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#1,128 in the 1990s#3,012 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Kendell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Kendell were born in New York than in any other state: about 449 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kendell was given 12.8 times as often in Louisiana, 3.4 times in New York and 1.8 times in Illinois.

New York 449
Louisiana 408
Texas 253
Illinois 166
California 119
Georgia 86
North Carolina 82
Florida 55
South Carolina 47
Virginia 41
Alabama 40
New Jersey 26
Maryland 24
Michigan 21
Pennsylvania 19
Ohio 15
Tennessee 14
Oklahoma 14
Missouri 10
Arkansas 9
Mississippi 6
Kentucky 5
Utah 5
Connecticut 5
Wisconsin 5

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