Girls' name · peaked in 1987

Kendra name popularity since 1925

98,788 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kendra. Half of them were born in 1990 or earlier, so the typical Kendra is about 36 years old in 2026. Kendra peaked in 1987 as the #77 name for girls, and it ranked #849 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 98,788; Named Kendra, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1987; #77 for girls that year
Typical age: About 36; Median birth year 1990
In 2025: #849; for girls in 2025 (320 babies)
Girls / boys: 99.6% girls; 98,438 girls · 350 boys
Most popular in: Colorado; 1.86× its national share

Peak year is the year Kendra made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Kendra births per year, 1925–2025

1987 was the biggest year for Kendra both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1962 and 1967, Kendra became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 5,390 baby girls to 1 in 2,070.
Steepest fall: Between 2013 and 2018, its share of baby girls fell by 63%, from 1 in 1,020 to 1 in 2,720.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kendra's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kendra.

Decade by decade

Babies named Kendra in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	0	0	–
1930s	33	0	Under 5
1940s	523	0	#1,087
1950s	1,568	0	#832
1960s	5,334	0	#444
1970s	15,661	91	#173
1980s	24,387	169	#154
1990s	23,972	63	#133
2000s	14,237	21	#262
2010s	10,188	6	#341
2020–25	2,535	0	#849

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.

Generation fingerprint

41.3% of babies named Kendra from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:

Where Kendra is most popular

The index compares Kendra's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kendra.

State	Index	Babies
Colorado	1.86×	2,228
Idaho	1.84×	714
Montana	1.79×	511
South Dakota	1.68×	522
Oregon	1.55×	1,417

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kendra's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kendra.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Kendra (1987).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data