Kenda — #9612 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kenda

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,475 babies named Kenda between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kenda currently holds the #9612 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 80 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kenda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 625 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Kenda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 252 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Kenda in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kenda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,475 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.