Girls' name · since 1954
Kendy
Kendy has 510 recorded births since 1954 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,703 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 510
- born since 1954
- 2000s
- peak decade
510 babies have been named Kendy since 1954, making it today's #15195 girls' name.
Kendy has 510 recorded births among girls since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15195 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 2025.
- #11,703 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,195 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 510 born since 1954
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kendy ranks #11,703 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,195 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 510 born since 1954, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,703 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,195 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 510
- born since 1954
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kendy's 510 recorded births place it above 83.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Kendy compares
510 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kendy's all-time total is 36% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kendy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 510 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kendy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kendy splits its recorded history at 1992: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1954 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kendy popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 72 years of records
Kendy popularity over time - boys
21 total births recorded since 1993 (Kendy as boys' name)
Kendy by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (128 births, 25% of the file).
2000s was Kendy's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Kendy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 41
1950s
41 births
- 1960s
1960s
52 births
- 1970s
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s
2000s
128 births
- 2010s
2010s
66 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 128 births (25% of all-time use).
How Kendy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kendy's total volume
Kendy by state
Where Kendy concentrates geographically, total births since 1954
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 1.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.0% |
7 of 510 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Kendy's data
- Kendy's decade-level peak was the 2000s (128 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kendys (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kendy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~71 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1954–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Kendy 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 August 2026.