Girls' name · since 1985
Kendelle
198 babies named Kendelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 198
- total births
- 1985–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
Kendelle sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 198 recorded since 1985.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kendelle has been recorded 198 times among girls since 1985, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2019.
- 198 total births
- 1985–2019 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kendelle's 198 recorded births place it above 72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kendelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kendelle's full recorded timeline at 2005, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kendelle popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2019
- Peak year (2006)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Kendelle popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1990 (Kendelle as boys' name)
Kendelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kendelle's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kendelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Kendelle's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2010s (56) -- 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, 1985–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kendelle: Baby Name Since 1985 - 198 Births, Peak 2006." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kendelle. 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 Kendelle 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.