Kendry
The Story of Kendry
As a girl name
Kendry first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2007, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 9 births, good for #10,859 nationwide. About 74% of every Kendry on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Kendry last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 38 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Kendry first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1999, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2026: 103 births, good for #1,656 nationwide. About 63% of every Kendry on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kendry ranks #1,656 for boys with 103 births, rising sharply (+267% over the past five years). All told, over 675 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Kendry
Kendry is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 675 births in the dataset. Kendry's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #1,656. Use the chart and map above to compare Kendry'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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