Kendahl
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-dul
- Origin
- English
Kendahl is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “valley of the River Kent”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kendahl mean?
English: variant spelling of Kendall, from Kendal in Cumbria
“valley of the River Kent”
Variant of Kendall, from the surname taken from Kendal in Cumbria, whose name means valley of the River Kent.
Is Kendahl a girl's or a boy's name?
Kendahl is a girls' name.
How popular is Kendahl in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Kendahl in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2006, 84% of the babies named Kendahl in the US were girls.
Kendahl in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 40 | #3,935 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
Names like Kendahl
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan Cassidy Kaitlyn Kenley Brynn Kiara Brooklyn Heaven Devyn Kennedy Kaylee Keegan
Names related to Kendahl
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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, “Kendahl: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kendahl, updated 20 October 2026.