# Pendleton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pendleton/  
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 | “settlement” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 62 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 49 / 13 (21% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

'The settlement beside Pendle', from Pendle + Old English tūn (“settlement”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 14,154 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,830 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 5 | 4,261 |
| 1923 | 5 | 4,740 |
| 1924 | 8 | 3,434 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,445 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,684 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,444 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,778 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,555 |

## People named Pendleton

- Pendleton Ward, American animator
- Pendleton Murrah, American politician (1826-1865)

## 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.