Kendi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-dee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Kendi is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Kendi come from?
Modern: probably a pet form of Kendall or Kendra
Is Kendi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kendi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kendi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Kendi, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Kendi in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kendi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Kendi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Brynn, Cassidy, Brynlee, Kaitlyn, Keiry, Keegan, Kayden, Codi, Devyn, Kaylee, Braelynn
Names related to Kendi
Kennedi, Kennadi, Kenedi, Kenadi, Kenda, Kynedi, Kenadie, Kennidi
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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, “Kendi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kendi, updated 20 October 2026.