Kendia — girls' name
57 babies named Kendia in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
57 girls have been named Kendia since 1986, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2025.
- 57
- total births
- 1986–2025
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Kendia was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Kendia in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kendia
The Social Security Administration has registered 57 babies named Kendia between 1986 and 2025, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kendia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kendia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kendia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 9 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kendia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kendia 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 57 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.
Kendia at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kendia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1986
- Peak year (1997)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
57 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 12 births in a single year.
Kendia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 28 births that decade — 49% of Kendia's all-time total
Kendia decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kendia's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Florida 15.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 15.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.