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Kendel

  • Gender Unisex
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 1,626

Kendel is a unisex name. It is given to both girls and boys — about 49% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2024 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1994, when 56 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1954.

Kendel over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Kendel by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 11
1960s 116
1970s 129
1980s 273
1990s 392
2000s 439
2010s 230
2020s (to 2024) 33

How popular is Kendel?

In 2024, Kendel was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Kendel is used

England & Wales #4,744 3 in 1997
United States #10,661 7 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Kendel

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Kendel also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kendel over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Kendel

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kendel — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Kendel

How popular is the name Kendel?

In 2024, Kendel was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Kendel a girl's or a boy's name?

Kendel is used for both girls and boys. About 49% of recorded births with this name are girls.

When was Kendel most popular?

Kendel peaked in 1994, when 56 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.