Kendralyn — girls' name
23 babies named Kendralyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
23 girls have been named Kendralyn since 1988, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2010.
- 23
- total births
- 1988–2010
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Kendralyn was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kendralyn in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kendralyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Kendralyn between 1988 and 2010, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kendralyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kendralyn performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kendralyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kendralyn 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 23 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.
Kendralyn at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kendralyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1988
- Peak year (1988)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
23 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 8 births in a single year.
Kendralyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 10 births that decade — 43% of Kendralyn's all-time total
Kendralyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kendralyn's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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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, 1988–2010 (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.