# Kendell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kendell/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,759 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,802 / 1,957 (29% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 54 | 3,110 |
| 2012 | 53 | 3,147 |
| 2013 | 44 | 3,541 |
| 2014 | 37 | 4,059 |
| 2015 | 27 | 5,048 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5,382 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,415 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,904 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,375 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,495 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,728 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,793 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,814 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,256 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,617 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 81 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 64 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,190 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,189 |
| 2015 | 54 | 2,400 |
| 2016 | 52 | 2,453 |
| 2017 | 43 | 2,824 |
| 2018 | 35 | 3,272 |
| 2019 | 53 | 2,507 |
| 2020 | 42 | 2,866 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,075 |
| 2022 | 26 | 4,146 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3,382 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,563 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,901 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 6 | 2,350 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |

## People named Kendell

- Kendell Williams, American track and field athlete

## 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.