# Kendrick (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kendrick/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɛn.dɹɪk/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kindrick |
| US babies named this | 33,942 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 33,557 / 385 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 548, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Epenthesized variant of Kenrick.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 19,085 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,003 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,078 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,246 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,917 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,553 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,757 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,632 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,355 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,802 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,824 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,704 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,730 |
| 2024 | 5 | 16,494 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,136 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 492 | 521 |
| 2012 | 572 | 477 |
| 2013 | 1,047 | 318 |
| 2014 | 1,012 | 333 |
| 2015 | 881 | 366 |
| 2016 | 830 | 385 |
| 2017 | 777 | 407 |
| 2018 | 754 | 415 |
| 2019 | 722 | 427 |
| 2020 | 698 | 425 |
| 2021 | 723 | 429 |
| 2022 | 664 | 463 |
| 2023 | 633 | 479 |
| 2024 | 645 | 477 |
| 2025 | 559 | 535 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 32 | 927 |
| 2016 | 30 | 974 |
| 2017 | 35 | 888 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 33 | 894 |
| 2020 | 34 | 856 |
| 2021 | 34 | 888 |
| 2022 | 46 | 727 |
| 2023 | 70 | 544 |
| 2024 | 50 | 711 |
| 2025 | 70 | 556 |

## People named Kendrick

- Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Kendrick Meek, American politician
- Kendrick Sampson, American actor and activist (born 1988)
- Kendrick Perry, American basketball player
- Kendrick Ray, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Kendrick Farris, American weightlifter
- John Kendrick Bangs, American author, editor and satirist (1862–1922)
- James Kendrick Williams, American priest
- Johnny Lewis, American-Canadian actor (1983-2012)
- Joe Cunningham, American politician (born 1982)

## 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.