Kendra
Kendra is ranked 687th among girls in 2024 (412 births). Its best rank was 77th, in 1987.
- Rank in 2024
- #687up 54 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4120.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19873,841 births
- Best rank
- #77in 1987
- Since 1936
- 98,110people given the name
The story in the numbers
98,110 girls have been named Kendra in the United States since 1936, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 3,841 births — 0.22% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 258 → 687).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 25%. It has spent 78 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 3 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Kendra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 33 | |
| 1940s | 523 | |
| 1950s | 1,568 | |
| 1960s | 5,335 | |
| 1970s | 15,662 | |
| 1980s | 24,387 | |
| 1990s | 23,972 | |
| 2000s | 14,237 | |
| 2010s | 10,183 | |
| 2020s | 2,210 |
In 1987, its biggest year
Kendra was the 77th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Kendra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jaymipeak 1985
- Marlainapeak 1986
- Alysiapeak 1989
- Steffanypeak 1990
- Karapeak 1991
- Mariselapeak 1985
- Alyciapeak 1990
- Chanellpeak 1991
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.