Kendal Boy & girl
How popular is Kendal?
#3,249 girl name in 2025
48 baby girls were named Kendal in the US in 2025, making it the 3249th most popular girl name. Another 12 boys got the name (#6,799 for boys).
Kendal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,249 for girls (▲ 326 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 48 girls, 12 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-75% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,258 in 2015, #2,341 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (565 girls) |
| Highest rank | #513 in 2004 |
| First recorded | 1951 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 29% boys, 71% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kendal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kendall family of names ranked #316 for girls in 2025 (#306 the year before), with 1,030 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kendal is most popular
Babies named Kendal per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 girls)
Kendal by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 68 | #3,378 |
| 1960s | 158 | #2,604 |
| 1970s | 267 | #1,937 |
| 1980s | 906 | #1,064 |
| 1990s | 1,926 | #765 |
| 2000s | 3,415 | #513 |
| 2010s | 2,028 | #784 |
| 2020s | 355 | #2,341 |
Girl names about as popular as Kendal
Questions
- Is Kendal a boy or girl name?
- Kendal is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 29% of babies named Kendal were boys and 71% were girls.
- How popular is the name Kendal?
- 48 baby girls were named Kendal in the US in 2025, making it the 3249th most popular girl name. Another 12 boys got the name (#6,799 for boys).
- When was Kendal most popular?
- Kendal peaked in 2004, when 565 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #513 in 2004.
- How many people are named Kendal?
- 13,800 babies have been named Kendal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 13,246 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Kendal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kendal was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.