Kendra

#849 for girls in 2025, 320 births · Last seen for boys in 2013 at #10,728
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1987 · 3,841 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
3 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
98,438
since 1936

Kendra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #77, 1987girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#849320
2024#686415
2023#739381
2022#703420
2021#648460
2020#551539
2019#584521
2018#498625
2017#429741
2016#347964
2015#341964
2014#2581,271
2013#1891,724#10,7286
2012#386810
2011#2931,071
2010#2071,497
2009#2391,390
2008#2361,450
2007#2001,702
2006#2441,404
2005#2621,245
2004#2721,199#7,5369
2003#2591,235
2002#2271,386#10,6675
2001#2111,496
2000#1871,730#8,2097
1999#1701,838
1998#1542,035
1997#1532,053
1996#1362,368#5,9829
1995#1332,372#8,8685
1994#1262,536#5,10911
1993#1282,604#6,8167
1992#1252,673#8,4355
1991#1182,704#4,23113
1990#1172,789#4,16713
1989#993,230#1,91938
1988#803,761#2,36725
1987#773,841#2,46822
1986#1012,759#4,4579
1985#1541,840#3,21614
1984#1501,921#2,82416
1983#1721,608#3,41112
1982#1631,762#2,59618
1981#1521,849#3,85810
1980#1541,816#6,2505
1979#1372,069#2,37920
1978#1451,903#3,40011
1977#1521,773#3,03713
1976#1571,630#4,0128
1975#1731,505#4,7976
1974#1781,490#2,79913
1973#2041,263#4,0547
1972#2001,396#3,9637
1971#2021,482#4,3756
1970#2671,150
1969#307871
1968#330695
1967#305796
1966#331714
1965#444454
1964#490392
1963#476411
1962#507365
1961#520351
1960#587285
1959#616259
1958#699200
1957#690208
1956#623237
1955#829136
1954#897114
1953#841121
1952#95496
1951#876105
1950#92792
1949#1,03275
1948#97779
1947#90995
1946#94677
1945#1,08053
1944#1,40133
1943#1,34237
1942#1,41333
1941#1,75021
1940#1,79220
1939#2,30013
1938#3,4507
1937#4,2555
1936#3,1038
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First appearance
1936

The first year at least five girls were named Kendra! It came in at #3,103, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1937–1938, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

See more about Kendra
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 163 spots since 2024 (#686#849)
  • 298 spots since 2020 (#551#849)
  • 508 spots since 2015 (#341#849)
  • Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1956 (#829#623)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 2025 (#686#849)
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1936
  • Peaked 1987 at #77 (3,841 births)
  • Births halved by 1999, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 3 yrs · run 1987–1989
  • Top 1,000: 79 yrs · run 1950–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 453
  • Highest: 1 in 453 girls born in 1987 were named Kendra (0.22%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,023 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 24.8% of all girls named Kendra (24,387) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s33#2,300 (1939)#3,277
1940s523#909 (1947)#1,264
1950s1,568#616 (1959)#795
1960s5,334#305 (1967)#430
1970s15,661#137 (1979)#182
1980s24,387#77 (1987)#130
1990s23,972#117 (1990)#136
2000s14,237#187 (2000)#234
2010s10,188#189 (2013)#353
2020s2,535#551 (2020)#696

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kendra in 1957

girls
#690
208 births · 1 in 9,831 girls

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #690Kendra208
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 9,831 of them was named Kendra, which outranked 90.2% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kendra
  1. #684Lela209
  2. #684Libby209
  3. #684Nan209
  4. #690Kendra208
  5. #690Elva208
  6. #690Mollie208
  7. #690Rebekah208
  8. #694Louann207
  9. #694Sherryl207
  10. #696Nona206

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1957