Pendleton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pendleton

The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Pendleton between 1915 and 2020, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pendleton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Pendleton is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 2015.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pendleton performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Pendleton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pendleton 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 49 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.