Kendrew
Boy · KEN-droo · English
Kendrew is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Kendrew mean?
English: English surname, of uncertain origin
An English surname borne by Sir John Kendrew, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- Say it
- KEN-droo
Is Kendrew a girl's or a boy's name?
Kendrew is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kendrew in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Kendrew, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had more boys named Kendrew than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kendrew in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kendrew in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
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