Boys' name · since 2003
Kendyn
Kendyn has 218 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 218
- total births
- 2003–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
218 boys have been named Kendyn since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kendyn has 218 recorded births among boys since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2023.
- 218 total births
- 2003–2023 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 74% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kendyn's 218 recorded births place it above 73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kendyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kendyn's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kendyn popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2023
- Peak year (2016)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Kendyn popularity over time - girls
7 total births recorded since 2019 (Kendyn as girls' name)
Kendyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kendyn's strongest decade.
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Kendyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 43
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
161 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 161 births (74% of all-time use).
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- Kendyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (161 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- 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, 2003–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kendyn: Baby Name Since 2003 - 218 Births, Peak 2016." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kendyn. 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 Kendyn 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.