Kendon
Kendon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Adam Kendon (1934–2022), British authority on the topic of gesture Frank Kendon (1893–1959), English writer, poet and academic Olive Kendon (1897–1977), English educator and social activist Viv Kendon, British physicist Kendon Underwood, American attorney and politician
Meaning & Origin of Kendon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kendon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Adam Kendon (1934–2022), British authority on the topic of gesture Frank Kendon (1893–1959), English writer, poet and academic Olive Kendon (1897–1977), English educator and social activist Viv Kendon, British physicist Kendon Underwood, American attorney and politician
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The Story of Kendon
Kendon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1959, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 40 Kendons were born — ranking #2,885 that year. As of 2026, Kendon ranks #7,360 for baby boys with 9 births, falling sharply (-52%). In total, more than 927 Kendons have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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About the name Kendon
Kendon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 927 births in the dataset. Kendon's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #2,706. Use the chart and map above to compare Kendon'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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