Kendal
Variant of Kendall, an English surname from the Cumbrian town of Kendal, whose name means valley of the River Kent.
Kendal in 2025
Kendal was given to 60 babies in the United States in 2025 — 12 boys and 48 girls, making it the 4,991st most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 55,256 babies born.
The history of Kendal
Kendal reached its highest point in 2004, when 657 babies were given the name, ranking 855th that year.
Across the 111 years of records since 1915, 13,800 babies have been named Kendal. Half of them were born before 2001, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Kendal has switched sex over its history: it went mostly to boys in its early decades, and goes mostly to girls today.
Kendal by decade
| Decade | Babies named Kendal | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | 7,875 |
| 1920s | 18 | 7,621 |
| 1930s | 53 | 5,078 |
| 1940s | 124 | 3,659 |
| 1950s | 352 | 2,367 |
| 1960s | 552 | 2,256 |
| 1970s | 716 | 2,048 |
| 1980s | 1,608 | 1,349 |
| 1990s | 3,080 | 1,058 |
| 2000s | 4,195 | 855 |
| 2010s | 2,573 | 1,263 |
| 2020s | 524 | 3,202 |
Where Kendal is heading
Kendal has fallen 75% over the past decade, from 243 babies in 2015 to 60 in 2025.
Names like Kendal
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Kendal.