Kindred
Mostly girls · KIN-dred · English
Kindred is a name of English origin, meaning “family, kin”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Kindred mean?
English: English word, from Old English cynn 'kin'
“family, kin”
From Middle English kinrede, 'kinship'; Octavia Butler's 1979 novel Kindred is a classic of American fiction.
- Say it
- KIN-dred
Is Kindred a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kindred has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US.
How popular is Kindred in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Kindred, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Kindred in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kindred in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
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