Is Kendel a boy or girl name?

Kendel is a unisex name. Of the 1,623 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 49.4% were girls and 50.6% were boys. It changed hands in 2013, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Kendel

Recorded 1954–2024 · United States

Kendel was most popular in 1994, when 56 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,840 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,623 people named Kendel.

Kendel over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kendel’s peak in 1994. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kendel a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kendel is a unisex name — 49.4% of the 1,623 Americans given it were girls and 50.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2013 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 21% girls and 79% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org