Boys' name · since 1988
Kendan
Kendan has 272 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 272
- total births
- 1988–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
272 boys have been named Kendan since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Kendan recorded 272 times among boys since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2023.
- 272 total births
- 1988–2023 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 46% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kendan's 272 recorded births place it above 75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kendan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kendan splits its recorded history at 2012: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kendan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2023
- Peak year (2006)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Kendan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kendan's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Kendan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
114 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 124 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Kendan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (124 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kendan: Baby Name Since 1988 - 272 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kendan. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kendan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.