girls:
801 births since 1961
#4915 (14th percentile)
boys:
815 births since 1954
#3772 (18th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1954
#6130 (21st percentile)
The name Kendel is the #6,130 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,616 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 20.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,772 (17.7% percentile) for all time with 815 births since 1954. For girls, it ranks #4,915 (14.0% percentile) for all time with 801 births since 1961.
Kendel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for boys and 1961 for girls). Birth data for Kendel is available in 64 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023 (62 years for boys and 53 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 Kendel is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 57.1% of babies named Kendel were boys.
For boys, Kendel reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #753) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kendel ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 31.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kendel reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #910) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kendel ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 20.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kendel".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kendel is pronounced as KEHN-duhl, which has 2 syllables.
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