Kendall

Kendall was the #328 girls' name in the US in 2025 (932 babies), and #1,133 in England & Wales and #935 in Canada.

Kendall as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kendall as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandIrelandCanadaEngland & Wales
Kendall as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#328 (932)#1,133 (29)#387 (8)—#483 (7)#935 (29)
2024#311 (988)#1,302 (25)#295 (12)——#661 (44)
2023#316 (982)#1,135 (29)#749 (3)—#495 (7)#714 (39)
2022#301 (1,061)#1,023 (33)#760 (3)——#599 (47)
2021#305 (1,046)#840 (42)#442 (7)—#661 (5)#627 (47)
2020#314 (1,019)#1,013 (33)#313 (11)—#495 (7)#683 (42)
2019#275 (1,215)#616 (64)#376 (9)—#716 (4)#592 (52)
2018#272 (1,213)#670 (60)#286 (13)#434 (3)#568 (6)#599 (50)
2017#223 (1,399)#673 (61)#327 (11)—#873 (3)#408 (82)
2016#193 (1,703)#537 (79)#336 (11)#353 (4)#515 (7)#429 (79)
2015#147 (2,201)#583 (73)#252 (16)—#660 (5)#388 (89)
2014#133 (2,442)#527 (80)#235 (19)#278 (6)#458 (9)#284 (116)
2013#130 (2,518)#750 (52)#387 (9)—#660 (5)#410 (79)
2012#116 (2,625)#1,130 (30)#525 (6)——#470 (65)
2011#124 (2,595)#1,665 (17)#674 (4)——#527 (58)

Kendall as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kendall as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Kendall as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,231 (163)—#2,527 (7)
2024#1,224 (164)——
2023#1,217 (163)—#2,336 (7)
2022#1,057 (208)—#1,759 (10)
2021#1,112 (185)—#2,260 (7)
2020#1,064 (188)——
2019#1,034 (200)——
2018#872 (250)——
2017#854 (255)——
2016#923 (230)#4,810 (3)#1,988 (8)
2015#781 (300)#3,908 (4)—
2014#756 (311)#4,632 (3)#2,133 (7)
2013#650 (376)#2,954 (6)#2,305 (6)
2012#645 (371)#3,039 (6)#1,334 (14)
2011#601 (409)#3,830 (4)#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #116.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1929.
  • In 2025, 85% of US babies named Kendall were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kendall is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,700 to 1 in 1,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kendall by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #201WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #452WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #101NDMinnesota: #250MNIllinois: #240ILMichigan: #228MINew York: #380NYMassachusetts: #273MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #188SDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #278INOhio: #219OHPennsylvania: #251PANew Jersey: #263NJConnecticut: #248CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #542CAUtah: #197UTColorado: #456CONebraska: #267NEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #286KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #345VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: #167DEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #286KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #296TNNorth Carolina: #405NCSouth Carolina: #440SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #340OKLouisiana: #224LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #297ALGeorgia: #280GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #461TXFlorida: #329FL
Kendall (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#86713

Kendall (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KendallCanadaGirls#93529
KendallCanadaBoys#2,5277
KendallEngland & WalesGirls#1,13329
KendallEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KendallIrelandGirls#4837
KendallNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KendallScotlandGirls#3878
KendallUSGirls#328932
KendallUSBoys#1,231163