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Kendra

Girl · KEN-dra · Modern

Kendra is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,280th for girls in the UK (26 babies) and 849th for girls in the US (320 babies).

What does Kendra mean?

Modern: probably a feminine of Kendrick or Kenneth

Probably a 20th-century feminine form of Kendrick or Kenneth.

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KEN-dra

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

Kendra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 girls in the UK and 320 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kendra in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,280among girls
Babies in 2025
26about 1 in 11,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 26 girls in the UK were named Kendra, making it the 1,280th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 68 girls.

Half of all the girls named Kendra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,229th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 68 in 20082025
Kendra in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202526#1,280
202424#1,397
202332#1,125
202231#1,150
202122#1,491
202019#1,647
201919#1,651
201826#1,335
201725#1,396
201623#1,498
201544#900
201432#1,149
201330#1,218
201228#1,259
201149#810
201063#664
200961#663
200868#611
200756#678
200635#915
200520#1,280
200425#1,048
200327#965
200220#1,147
200123#1,013
200025#954
199922#1,035
199820#1,123
199714#1,387
199627#878

How popular is Kendra in the US?

Rank in 2025
#849among girls
Babies in 2025
320about 1 in 5,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 34% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 320 girls in the US were named Kendra, making it the 849th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 551st. Its busiest year was 1987, with 3,841 girls. It first appears in the records in 1936.

2025 had fewer girls named Kendra than any year since 1960.

Half of all the girls named Kendra in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1936Busiest: 3,841 in 19872025
Kendra in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025320#849
2024415#686
2023381#739
2022420#703
2021460#648
2020539#551
2019521#584
2018625#498
2017741#429
2016964#347
2015964#341
20141,271#258
20131,724#189
2012810#386
20111,071#293
20101,497#207
20091,390#239
20081,450#236
20071,702#200
20061,404#244
20051,245#262
20041,199#272
20031,235#259
20021,386#227
20011,496#211
20001,730#187
19991,838#170
19982,035#154
19972,053#153
19962,368#136
19952,372#133
19942,536#126
19932,604#128
19922,673#125
19912,704#118
19902,789#117
19893,230#99
19883,761#80
19873,841#77
19862,759#101
19851,840#154
19841,921#150
19831,608#172
19821,762#163
19811,849#152
19801,816#154
19792,069#137
19781,903#145
19771,773#152
19761,630#157
19751,505#173
19741,490#178
19731,263#204
19721,396#200
19711,482#202
19701,150#267
1969871#307
1968695#330
1967796#305
1966714#331
1965454#444
1964392#490
1963411#476
1962365#507
1961351#520
1960285#587
1959259#616
1958200#698
1957208#689
1956237#622
1955136#828
1954114#896
1953121#840
195296#953
1951105#875
195092#926
194975#1,031
194879#976
194795#908
194677#945
194553#1,079
194433#1,400
194337#1,341
194233#1,413
194121#1,750
194020#1,792
193913#2,300
19387#3,448
19375#4,253
19368#3,101

Names like Kendra

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