girls:
5k births since 1963
#2382 (58th percentile)
boys:
139 births since 1992
#4447 (3rd percentile)
overall:
5.2k births since 1963
#3796 (51st percentile)
The name Kendyl is the #3,796 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,161 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 50.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,382 (58.3% percentile) for all time with 5,022 births since 1963. For boys, it ranks #4,447 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 139 births since 1992.
Kendyl first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 (1963 for girls and 1992 for boys). Birth data for Kendyl is available in 50 out of the 61 years between 1963 and 2023 (50 years for girls and 23 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 Kendyl has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 88.5% of babies named Kendyl were girls.
For girls, Kendyl reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 27.6% percentile (ranked #679) with 136 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 136 births per million (ranked 27.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kendyl ranks #906 for girls (4.3% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 19.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kendyl reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #766) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kendyl ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 76.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kendyl".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kendyl. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.0% confident that Kendyl is pronounced as KEHN-duhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEHN-dihl, at 27.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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