girls:
64.6k births since 1929
#496 (91st percentile)
boys:
35k births since 1906
#607 (87th percentile)
overall:
99.6k births since 1906
#685 (91st percentile)
The name Kendall is the #685 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 99,621 recorded births since 1906. This represents the 91.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #496 (91.3% percentile) for all time with 64,599 births since 1929. For boys, it ranks #607 (86.8% percentile) for all time with 35,022 births since 1906.
Kendall first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1906 (1906 for boys and 1929 for girls). Birth data for Kendall is available in 117 out of the 118 years between 1906 and 2023 (117 years for boys and 85 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 Kendall has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (64.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 85.7% of babies named Kendall were girls. Interestingly, until around 1994, the name was more popular for boys (68.7% boys from 1906 to 1993), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (80.5% girls from 1994 to 2023).
For girls, Kendall reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 87.8% percentile (ranked #115) with 1,353 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 1,353 births per million (ranked 87.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kendall ranks #298 for girls (68.6% percentile) with 559 births per million, which is 41.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kendall reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 63.9% percentile (ranked #278) with 403 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 467 births per million (ranked 63.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1994, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kendall ranks #753 for boys (17.4% percentile) with 89 births per million, which is 19.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kendall".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kendall. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.0% confident that Kendall is pronounced as KEHN-duhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIHN-duhl, at 12.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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