Kendell

Mostly boys · KEN-dul · English

Kendell is a name of English origin, meaning “valley of the River Kent”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).

What does Kendell mean?

English: 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.

Say it: KEN-dul

Is Kendell a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Kendell has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 28 boys in the US.

How popular is Kendell in the US?

Rank in 2025: #3,847among boys
Babies in 2025: 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 27% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Kendell, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 129 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919. 12 girls were also named Kendell in 2025 (8,360th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Kendell in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 203 boys in the US were given Kendell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #980, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.

Kendall 163
Kendell 28
Kendal 12

In 2025, 30% of the babies named Kendell in the US were girls.

1919Busiest: 129 in 19902025

Kendell in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	28	#3,847
2024	32	#3,522
2023	35	#3,345
2022	26	#4,086
2021	26	#4,007
2020	42	#2,845
2019	53	#2,490
2018	35	#3,237
2017	43	#2,797
2016	52	#2,437
2015	54	#2,385
2014	62	#2,173
2013	60	#2,181
2012	64	#2,103
2011	81	#1,779
2010	83	#1,777
2009	81	#1,824
2008	108	#1,504
2007	79	#1,830
2006	84	#1,684
2005	83	#1,633
2004	88	#1,514
2003	80	#1,575
2002	97	#1,354
2001	93	#1,364
2000	102	#1,268
1999	110	#1,172
1998	90	#1,319
1997	101	#1,179
1996	87	#1,263
1995	110	#1,066
1994	95	#1,164
1993	103	#1,100
1992	98	#1,106
1991	117	#984
1990	129	#903
1989	127	#895
1988	88	#1,056
1987	87	#1,015
1986	83	#1,014
1985	71	#1,102
1984	62	#1,153
1983	65	#1,107
1982	62	#1,163
1981	66	#1,125
1980	61	#1,166
1979	68	#1,077
1978	80	#967
1977	49	#1,268
1976	59	#1,100
1975	47	#1,238
1974	52	#1,135
1973	29	#1,612
1972	38	#1,364
1971	56	#1,091
1970	45	#1,238
1969	43	#1,198
1968	44	#1,131
1967	39	#1,197
1966	40	#1,178
1965	40	#1,206
1964	45	#1,146
1963	49	#1,092
1962	31	#1,402
1961	31	#1,438
1960	43	#1,192
1959	23	#1,664
1958	34	#1,320
1957	24	#1,633
1956	19	#1,820
1955	18	#1,844
1954	12	#2,315
1953	19	#1,764
1952	12	#2,250
1951	10	#2,493
1950	11	#2,320
1949	15	#1,940
1948	21	#1,610
1947	13	#2,168
1946	7	#2,918
1945	12	#2,008
1944	9	#2,466
1943	13	#2,073
1942	0	–
1941	19	#1,588
1940	7	#2,871
1939	10	#2,288
1938	8	#2,646
1937	9	#2,479
1936	0	–
1935	7	#2,951
1934	5	#3,677
1933	6	#3,267
1932	0	–
1931	7	#3,094
1930	8	#3,020
1929	0	–
1928	5	#4,149
1927	0	–
1926	0	–
1925	6	#3,739
1924	6	#3,865
1923	0	–
1922	5	#4,305
1921	0	–
1920	6	#3,814
1919	5	#4,167

Nicknames for Kendell

Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025

Names like Kendell

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Keegan Brandon Kevin Ryan Kieran Cody Kody Keenan Brody Rowdy Kenan Brennan

Other spellings of Kendell

Kendall Kendal

Names related to Kendell

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