Kendalyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-da-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Kendalyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Kendalyn come from?
Modern: blend of Kendall and Lynn
Is Kendalyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Kendalyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kendalyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Kendalyn, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Kendalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kendalyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,962 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,429 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,122 |
| 2012 | 51 | #3,212 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 42 | #3,736 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Nicknames for Kendalyn
- Kenna 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kendalyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brynlee, Braelynn, Brynn, Cassidy, Brooklyn, Kennedy, Eowyn, Devyn, Kayden, Kaitlyn, Raelynn
Names related to Kendalyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn, Ailani
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, “Kendalyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kendalyn, updated 20 October 2026.