girls:
9k births since 1951
#1704 (70th percentile)
boys:
4.6k births since 1915
#1772 (61st percentile)
overall:
13.7k births since 1915
#2241 (71st percentile)
The name Kendal is the #2,241 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,663 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 71.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,704 (70.2% percentile) for all time with 9,030 births since 1951. For boys, it ranks #1,772 (61.3% percentile) for all time with 4,633 births since 1915.
Kendal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1951 for girls). Birth data for Kendal is available in 96 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (96 years for boys and 72 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kendal has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 67.1% of babies named Kendal were girls. Interestingly, until around 1984, the name was more popular for boys (69.1% boys from 1915 to 1983), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (73.0% girls from 1984 to 2023).
For girls, Kendal reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 50.6% percentile (ranked #463) with 280 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 280 births per million (ranked 50.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kendal ranks #897 for girls (5.3% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 11.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kendal reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 17.4% percentile (ranked #641) with 69 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 69 births per million (ranked 17.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kendal ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 21.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kendal".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kendal is pronounced as KEHN-duhl, which has 2 syllables.
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