girls:
496 births since 1954
#5220 (9th percentile)
boys:
16 births since 1993
#4570 (0th percentile)
overall:
512 births since 1954
#7227 (7th percentile)
The name Kendy is the #7,227 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 512 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 6.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,220 (8.6% percentile) for all time with 496 births since 1954. For boys, it ranks #4,570 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1993.
Kendy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Kendy is available in 58 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023 (58 years for girls and 3 years for boys). 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 Kendy has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Kendy reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #886) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kendy ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 60.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kendy reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #794) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2000.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kendy".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Kendy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Kendy is pronounced as KEHN-dee, which has 2 syllables.
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