# Kendal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kendal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “valley of the river kent” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɛndəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,800 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,677 / 9,123 (66% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 463, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English Cent + dæl = "valley of the river Kent".

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 346 | 786 |
| 2012 | 313 | 854 |
| 2013 | 234 | 1,065 |
| 2014 | 225 | 1,126 |
| 2015 | 194 | 1,262 |
| 2016 | 142 | 1,569 |
| 2017 | 86 | 2,209 |
| 2018 | 99 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 90 | 2,100 |
| 2020 | 75 | 2,363 |
| 2021 | 68 | 2,576 |
| 2022 | 66 | 2,651 |
| 2023 | 55 | 3,035 |
| 2024 | 43 | 3,610 |
| 2025 | 48 | 3,276 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 1,881 |
| 2012 | 75 | 1,917 |
| 2013 | 55 | 2,318 |
| 2014 | 51 | 2,477 |
| 2015 | 49 | 2,549 |
| 2016 | 41 | 2,912 |
| 2017 | 37 | 3,163 |
| 2018 | 28 | 3,837 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,168 |
| 2020 | 39 | 3,003 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,074 |
| 2022 | 35 | 3,382 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,069 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,743 |
| 2025 | 12 | 7,010 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,360 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,405 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,435 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |

## People named Kendal

- Redfoo, American singer and rapper (born 1975)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.