Kenda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-dah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Kenda is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Kenda come from?
Modern: invented name, perhaps from Kendra or Kendall
Is Kenda a girl's or a boy's name?
Kenda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kenda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Kenda, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kenda than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Kenda in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kenda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,803 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,432 |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,492 |
| 1981 | 45 | #2,231 |
| 1980 | 50 | #2,069 |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,343 |
| 1978 | 46 | #2,050 |
| 1977 | 63 | #1,661 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,963 |
| 1974 | 54 | #1,688 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,773 |
| 1972 | 51 | #1,724 |
| 1971 | 61 | #1,575 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,544 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 62 | #1,435 |
| 1967 | 65 | #1,360 |
| 1966 | 61 | #1,403 |
| 1965 | 64 | #1,379 |
| 1964 | 80 | #1,229 |
| 1963 | 72 | #1,298 |
| 1962 | 61 | #1,419 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,464 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,466 |
| 1959 | 50 | #1,536 |
| 1958 | 61 | #1,348 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,903 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,939 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,185 |
| 1953 | 41 | #1,530 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 16 | #2,490 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
Names like Kenda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kenna Brenna Karla Keely Kiara Kianna Breanna Kelly Kiana Brynn Kaylynn Brianna
Names related to Kenda
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kenda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenda, updated 20 October 2026.