Boys' name · since 1973
Kendricks
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 82 babies named Kendricks, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 82
- total births
- 1973–2016
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
82 boys have been named Kendricks since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kendricks has 82 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2016.
- 82 total births
- 1973–2016 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 76% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kendricks's 82 recorded births place it above 59% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kendricks's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kendricks splits its recorded history at 1978: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1975 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kendricks popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2016
- Peak year (1975)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Kendricks by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Kendricks's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Kendricks births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
62 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 62 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Kendricks's decade-level peak was the 1970s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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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, 1973–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kendricks: Baby Name Since 1973 - 82 Births, Peak 1975." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kendricks. 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 Kendricks 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.