Kendi — #9654 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kendi

The Social Security Administration has registered 634 babies named Kendi between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kendi currently holds the #9654 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kendi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 162 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kendi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Kendi in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kendi 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 634 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.