girls:
55 births since 1987
#5661 (1st percentile)
boys:
966 births since 1963
#3626 (21st percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1963
#6718 (13th percentile)
The name Kendale is the #6,718 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,021 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 13.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,626 (20.9% percentile) for all time with 966 births since 1963. For girls, it ranks #5,661 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 55 births since 1987.
Kendale first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 (1963 for boys and 1987 for girls). Birth data for Kendale is available in 58 out of the 61 years between 1963 and 2023 (58 years for boys and 8 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 Kendale has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 94.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kendale reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 4.1% percentile (ranked #746) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 18 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kendale ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 20.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kendale reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #839) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2011.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kendale".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kendale. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.7% confident that Kendale is pronounced as KEHN-dayl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEHN-DAYL, at 27.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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