Kendry — #1716 US boys' name
479 babies named Kendry in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Kendry was born in this single decade.
97 babies were named Kendry in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kendry
The Social Security Administration has registered 479 babies named Kendry between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kendry currently holds the #1716 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 97 babies received it in a single year. Kendry is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 38 additional births since 2007.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kendry performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 228 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kendry shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Kendry in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kendry 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 479 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.
Kendry at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Kendry popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2024)
- 97
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #1716 among boys.
479 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 97 births in a single year.
Kendry popularity over time — girls
38 total births recorded since 2007 (Kendry as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kendry accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kendry by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 228 births that decade — 48% of Kendry's all-time total
Kendry decade highlights
- Peak decade 228 births
- Runner-up 182 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kendry's strongest decade
228 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Kendry by state
Where Kendry concentrates geographically — total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 61 | 12.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 25 | 5.2% |
| #3 | California | | 21 | 4.4% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 19 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 7 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Texas | | 7 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Connecticut | | 5 | 1.0% |
61 of 479 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 12.7% of nationwide
- Florida 5.2% of nationwide
- California 4.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 4.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 12.7% 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, 1999–2024 (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.