Girls' name · since 1986
Kendia
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 57 babies named Kendia, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 57
- total births
- 1986–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
Kendia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 57 recorded since 1986.
Kendia has 57 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- 57 total births
- 1986–2025 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 49% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kendia's 57 recorded births place it above 54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Kendia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kendia's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kendia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Kendia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Kendia's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Kendia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (49% of all-time use).
Kendia by state
Where Kendia concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 9 | 15.8% |
9 of 57 births nationwide.
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- Kendia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (28 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Kendias (9 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
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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, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kendia: Baby Name Since 1986 - 57 Births, Peak 1997." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kendia. 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 Kendia 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.