Girls' name · since 1963
Kendyl
5,098 babies named Kendyl in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,544 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,200 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,098
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
5,098 babies have been named Kendyl since 1963, making it today's #4200 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kendyl has been recorded 5,098 times among girls since 1963, currently ranked #4200 nationally and more common than 76% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #2,544 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,200 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,098 born since 1963
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kendyl ranks #2,544 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,200 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,098 born since 1963, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,544 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,200 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,098
- born since 1963
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kendyl's 5,098 recorded births place it above 96.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kendyl compares
5,098 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Kendyl's all-time total is 14x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kendyl | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,098 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 264 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kendyl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kendyl's full recorded timeline at 2000, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 264 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kendyl popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 264
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Kendyl popularity over time - boys
139 total births recorded since 1992 (Kendyl as boys' name)
Kendyl by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,823 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Kendyl's strongest decade.
1,823 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Kendyl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s 214
1980s
214 births
- 1990s
1990s
919 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,816 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,823 births
- 2020s 283
2020s
283 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,823 births (36% of all-time use).
How Kendyl 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 Kendyl's total volume
Kendyl by state
Where Kendyl concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 400 | 7.8% |
| #2 | California | | 283 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 228 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 227 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 207 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 188 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 159 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 158 | 3.1% |
400 of 5,098 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Kendyl appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kendyl's data
- Kendyl's decade-level peak was the 2010s (1,823 total births); usage has since declined to 283 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kendyls (400 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Kendyl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Kendyl 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.