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Kendal

Pronounced /ˈkɛndəl/

Rank in 2024
#3,729
Born in 2024
30
Peak year
1994 · #930
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:43 in 2024 (#3,594)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 30 boys were named Kendal, about 1 in every 57,177.
  • It peaked in 1994 with 140 babies, ranked #930.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1915.
  • 4,664 boys have been named Kendal since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Kendal per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 23 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 114 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 547 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 693 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,547 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,286 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 454 babies, 0.02 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Old English Cent + dæl = "valley of the river Kent".

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈkɛndəl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Kendal, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kendall

    Rank
    #1,233
    Born '24
    162
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19932024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Kendell

    Rank
    #3,550
    Born '24
    32
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19902024