Boys' name · since 2014
Kendo
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 13 babies named Kendo, peaking in 2019. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 13
- total births
- 2014–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
13 boys have been named Kendo since 2014, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kendo has 13 recorded births among boys since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2019.
- 13 total births
- 2014–2019 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kendo's 13 recorded births place it above 29% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kendo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kendo's full recorded timeline at 2019, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kendo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2019
- Peak year (2019)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Kendo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kendo's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kendo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 2014–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kendo: Baby Name Since 2014 - 13 Births, Peak 2019." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kendo. 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 Kendo 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.