NameTides

Kendra

Kendra was the #849 girls' name in the US in 2025 (320 babies), and #1,229 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Kendra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kendra 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Kendra 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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#849 (320)#1,229 (26)———#1,265 (20)
2024#686 (415)#1,353 (24)———#576 (51)
2023#739 (381)#1,135 (29)#749 (3)—#856 (3)#848 (32)
2022#703 (420)#1,120 (30)———#794 (34)
2021#648 (460)#1,785 (16)—#350 (4)—#711 (41)
2020#551 (539)#1,618 (18)———#547 (53)
2019#584 (521)#1,562 (19)———#603 (51)
2018#498 (625)#1,343 (24)———#471 (68)
2017#429 (741)#1,457 (22)#808 (3)——#529 (60)
2016#347 (964)#1,416 (23)——#868 (3)#446 (76)
2015#341 (964)#860 (43)———#420 (81)
2014#258 (1,271)#1,234 (27)—#365 (4)#876 (3)#384 (87)
2013#189 (1,724)#1,220 (28)———#343 (95)
2012#386 (810)#1,253 (26)———#333 (97)
2011#293 (1,071)#877 (41)#674 (4)#363 (4)#798 (4)#248 (132)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1987 at #77.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1936.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kendra is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,300 to 1 in 5,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kendra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #542INOhio: #514OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #777CAUtah: #605UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #653KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #905NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #552TXFlorida: #1,170FL
Kendra (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#67518

Kendra (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
KendraCanadaGirls#1,26520
KendraEngland & WalesGirls#1,22926
KendraIrelandGirls—too few
KendraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KendraScotlandGirls—too few
KendraUSGirls#849320
KendraUSBoys—too few