Kendra — #687 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kendra

The Social Security Administration has registered 98,110 babies named Kendra between 1936 and 2024, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kendra currently holds the #687 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 3,841 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kendra performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 24,387 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Kendra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8,481 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kendra in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kendra 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 98,110 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.