Unisex name · since 1980
Kyndell
Kyndell has 586 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,439 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 586
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
586 babies have been named Kyndell since 1980, making it today's #15439 unisex name.
Kyndell has 586 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15439 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, 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 1980 to 2025.
- #10,704 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,439 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 586 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kyndell ranks #10,704 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,439 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 586 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,704 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,439 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 586
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kyndell's 586 recorded births place it above 85.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Kyndell compares
586 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
Kyndell's all-time total is 56% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kyndell | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 586 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kyndell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kyndell splits its recorded history at 2007: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 39 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kyndell popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Kyndell popularity over time - boys
64 total births recorded since 1998 (Kyndell as boys' name)
Kyndell by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (242 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Kyndell's strongest decade.
242 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kyndell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 74
1990s
74 births
- 2000s
2000s
196 births
- 2010s
2010s
242 births
- 2020s 58
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 242 births (41% of all-time use).
How Kyndell 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 Kyndell's total volume
Kyndell by state
Where Kyndell concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 1.7% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 5 | 0.9% |
10 of 586 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Kyndell's decade-level peak was the 2010s (242 total births); usage has since declined to 58 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kyndells (10 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 Kyndell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Kyndell 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.