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Kendell

#3,900 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Kendell has been given to 6,759 babies in the U.S. since 1919. In 2025 it ranked #3,900 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1990, with 129 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% boys, 29% girls all-time.

Babies named Kendell, 2025

1 in 118,000

Kendell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kendell over time

In 2025, Kendell went to 30% girls and 70% boys.

19192025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kendell: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kendell means

Kendell is a given name.

The naming story behind Kendell

Wikidata records Kendell as a unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q75524901, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,802 boys were recorded with the name Kendell between 1919 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 129 in 1990; its best national rank was #897 in 1989.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,865 in 2020 to #3,900 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,399 in 2015 to #3,900 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,957 girls were recorded with the name Kendell between 1957 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 75 in 2004; its best national rank was #2,018 in 1971.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,491 in 2020 to #8,615 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,046 in 2015 to #8,615 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kendell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 118,000
28 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 61,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,900
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
82,069 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kendell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 82,069 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kendell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kendells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kendell was born before 1992 — so the typical Kendell is around 33 today.

Median birth year
1992
About 33 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
21.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
32.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
4,593
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1990s — 21.7% of all recorded uses (1,040).

Is Kendell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−339
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,035
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,501
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.52×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
21.7%
Peak was 1990 (129)
Years since peak
35
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#897
1989

Spellings of Kendell

Kendell is not the most common spelling — Wendell is, with 38.2% against Kendell's 3.4%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kendell is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Kendell was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 7,143 boys, against 1 in 75,344 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

014 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 7,143
  2. 2New York1 in 33,333
  3. 3Georgia1 in 50,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 50,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 50,000
  6. 6South Carolina1 in 50,000
  7. 7Alabama1 in 100,000
  8. 8Arkansas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kendell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Kendell is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kendell was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 401,322 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Kentucky1 in —
  7. 7Maryland1 in —
  8. 8Michigan1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kendell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kendell around the world

Where Kendell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • Canada
    1991–2000
    #1,770
    in 2000
  • South Australia
    1956–1956
    #408
    in 1956

Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Kendell

People whose public names include Kendell, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kendell in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kendell. Linked forms have their own page here.

Kendall

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kendell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,900
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,035
Best rank ever
#897
1989
Peak year
1990
129 that year
First recorded
1919
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,802
Count in 2025
28

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#8,615
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,124
Best rank ever
#2,018
1971
Peak year
2004
75 that year
First recorded
1957
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,957
Count in 2025
12

Names similar to Kendell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KentrellKendrellKennedyKenzellKennardKendricKendalKennithKenyonMarcellMarkellCarnellKendrixKenrickJarrellDerrellLatrellKenzoKenanKendaleKentonJerrellKenjiPernell

Names with a curve like Kendell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kendell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

AdalbertoHoracioMarcellAlainBrandtVincenteClaudioBrittonEfrenEdgardoJosefQuenton

Sibling names for Kendell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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