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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Kendra

Kendra was the 849th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 320 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 77th with 3,841 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 508 places. More babies were named Kendra in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Meaning Origin not documented

Say it KEN-druh /ˈkɛndrə/

Rank in 2025
#849 girls, down 298 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
320girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
19873,841 babies
Total since 1880
98,788babies recorded

What does the name Kendra mean?

Kendra was coined in the second half of the 20th century, presumably as a blend of Kenneth and Sandra, according to Wiktionary. As a blend of two names it has no meaning of its own; Kenneth is Scottish Gaelic, partly from a word for handsome, according to Wiktionary. US records show Kendra from the 1930s, most common in the 1980s.

How sure is this? Not documented. A coinage; Wiktionary's blend explanation is 'presumably'.

Related names: Kenna, Kendall, Kenzie.

Sources for this meaning

Kendra popularity since 1880

01.25k2.5k3.75k5k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 350 since 1971.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#849320
2020#551539
2010#2071,497
2000#1871,730
1990#1172,789
1980#1541,816
1970#2671,150
1960#588285
1950#93192
1940#1,81920
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Kendra, counting every spelling?

Kendra has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #832 for girls in 2025, against #849 on the official list.

How many kids will share the name Kendra?

320 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kendra (0.09 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kendra born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 26 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kendra.

Chance of another Kendra in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inNew Mexicounder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Kendra?

About 94,900 people born in the US named Kendra are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 25 and 45. That makes Kendra mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Kendra by state

How common Kendra was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Indiana (2.0×), Texas (2.0×), Arizona (1.8×), Kentucky (1.7×). In 17 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesWI0.30Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesWA0.30Idaho: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesID0.15Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesMN0.31Illinois: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesIL0.17Michigan: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesMI0.22New York: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesNY0.21Massachusetts: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesMA0.25Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesSD0.42Iowa: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesIA0.12Indiana: 0.50 per 1,000 babiesIN0.50Ohio: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesOH0.35Pennsylvania: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesPA0.30New Jersey: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.30Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesCA0.31Utah: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesUT0.30Colorado: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesCO0.31Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesMO0.19Kentucky: 0.41 per 1,000 babiesKY0.41West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesVA0.28Maryland: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesMD0.24Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: 0.43 per 1,000 babiesAZ0.43New Mexico: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesNM0.25Kansas: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesKS0.14Arkansas: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesAR0.21Tennessee: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesTN0.25North Carolina: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesNC0.21South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesOK0.27Louisiana: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesLA0.07Mississippi: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMS0.11Alabama: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesAL0.11Georgia: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesGA0.20Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesTX0.49Florida: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesFL0.18
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Kendra, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Kendra: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kendra, they share its era and feel.

Middle names for Kendra · Sibling names for Kendra

Questions about the name Kendra

How popular is the name Kendra?

Kendra was the 849th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 320 babies. Its best year was 1987, when it ranked 77th with 3,841 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 508 places. More babies were named Kendra in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Kendra a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kendra in the US.

Where is Kendra most popular?

In 2021–2025, Kendra was most common in Indiana (0.50 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Arizona.