Kendel
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KEN-dul
- Origin
- English
Kendel is a name of English origin, meaning “valley of the River Kent”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kendel mean?
English: spelling of Kendell, itself a spelling of Kendall, from Kendal in Cumbria
“valley of the River Kent”
From an English surname taken from Kendal in Cumbria, the dale of the River Kent.
Meaning borrowed from Kendell.
Is Kendel a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kendel has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys.
How popular is Kendel in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the boys named Kendel in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2013, 34% of the babies named Kendel in the US were girls.
Kendel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
Nicknames for Kendel
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names related to Kendel
Kendall, Kendal, Kendyl, Kendell, Kendyll, Kyndell, Kendale, Kyndel
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Kendel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kendel, updated 20 October 2026.