Kendall

What Kendall means

Means “spring + valley”

From the placename Kendal in Cumbria, "valley of the river Kent ", and Kendale in Humberside, from Old Norse kelda (“spring”) + dalr (“valley”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Kendall” (revision 92705228), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Kendall?

US: Falling: down from #147 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #583 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 2,625 girls got the name (#116 that year). First in the US records in 1929.

How common

• About 1 in 1,725 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,734 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,236 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (3.33 per 1,000 girls), DC (2.48 per 1,000 girls), DE (2.22 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kendall is #328 in the US and #1133 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 85.1% of US babies named Kendall were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kyndall99 US
• Kendal48 US · 9 E&W
• Kyndal39 US
• Kendyl34 US
• Kendyll16 US
• Kendell12 US
• Kyndell5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kendall

Girls

• Makenzie#700Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #210 in 2015, #700 in 2025
• Kaylee#255Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #61 in 2015, #255 in 2025
• Mckenzie#576Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 2,528 babies; 517 in 2025
• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Payton#440“enclosure; settlement, town”^*
• Kayleigh#799Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #324 in 2015, #799 in 2025

For a brother

• Keegan#621“son of Aidan”^*
• Brady#321“broad + eye”^*
• Keaton#769possibly “hedge, enclosure + farmstead, settlement”^*
• Peyton#683Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2007, with 3,375 babies; 398 in 2025
• Drake#827“dragon”^*
• Davis#668Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #668 vs #5,137 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kendall’s. Rank is US 2025.