Kendyl
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-dul
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Kendyl is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “valley of the River Kent”. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Kendyl mean?
English: spelling of Kendall, from Kendal in Cumbria
“valley of the River Kent”
A spelling of Kendall, an English surname taken from the town of Kendal in Cumbria.
Is Kendyl a girl's or a boy's name?
Kendyl is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kendyl in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 4 girls.
Kendyl in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Kendyl in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Kendyl, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,682nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 264 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had fewer girls named Kendyl than any year since 1989.
Half of all the girls named Kendyl in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,042 girls in the US were given Kendyl or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #323, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
Kendyl in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 46 | #3,428 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2020 | 62 | #2,682 |
| 2019 | 93 | #2,043 |
| 2018 | 86 | #2,179 |
| 2017 | 94 | #2,074 |
| 2016 | 157 | #1,465 |
| 2015 | 182 | #1,307 |
| 2014 | 221 | #1,134 |
| 2013 | 236 | #1,046 |
| 2012 | 264 | #966 |
| 2011 | 260 | #985 |
| 2010 | 230 | #1,082 |
| 2009 | 250 | #1,040 |
| 2008 | 231 | #1,117 |
| 2007 | 184 | #1,322 |
| 2006 | 197 | #1,222 |
| 2005 | 197 | #1,168 |
| 2004 | 212 | #1,082 |
| 2003 | 162 | #1,283 |
| 2002 | 120 | #1,557 |
| 2001 | 118 | #1,572 |
| 2000 | 145 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 100 | #1,652 |
| 1998 | 115 | #1,479 |
| 1997 | 114 | #1,447 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,508 |
| 1995 | 109 | #1,463 |
| 1994 | 114 | #1,405 |
| 1993 | 106 | #1,493 |
| 1992 | 76 | #1,851 |
| 1991 | 37 | #3,030 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,732 |
| 1989 | 33 | #3,159 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
Names like Kendyl
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Eden, Kiara, Caoimhe, Ocean, Cassidy, Aoibheann, Riley, Aoife, Quinn, Teagan, Rowan
Other spellings of Kendyl
Names related to Kendyl
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kendyl: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kendyl, updated 20 October 2026.