Girls' name · since 1977
Kendee
Kendee has 12 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 12
- total births
- 1977–1980
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Kendee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 12 recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Kendee recorded 12 times among girls since 1977, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 1980.
- 12 total births
- 1977–1980 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kendee's 12 recorded births place it above 27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kendee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kendee's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 6 births recorded.
Kendee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1980
- Peak year (1977)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Kendee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kendee's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Kendee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 6 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Kendee's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1980s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1977–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kendee: Baby Name Since 1977 - 12 Births, Peak 1977." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kendee. 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 Kendee 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.