Kendel
The Story of Kendel
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Kendel as a girl name dates back to 1961, when 5 babies received it. 2005 was its biggest year on record, with 34 newborns named Kendel — #4,118 in the national rankings. About 30% of every Kendel on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kendel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 801 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Kendel as a boy name dates back to 1954, when 6 babies received it. 1994 was its biggest year on record, with 28 newborns named Kendel — #2,618 in the national rankings. About 24% of every Kendel on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kendel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 822 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Kendel
Kendel is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1954 and has accumulated 822 births in the dataset. Kendel's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #2,618. Use the chart and map above to compare Kendel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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