Kendi
Rank in 2025
#9,457
recorded as girls
Up 99 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
10
girls 10
Peak year
2007
31 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
668
since 1962
Born a Kendi? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Kendi was most popular in 2007, when 31 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.02 per 1,000). In 2025, 10 babies were named Kendi, ranking #9457 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 40%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 9,457 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 10 | 9,556 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,312 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,542 | 9 | 8,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,146 | 10 | 7,587 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,629 | 5 | 12,022 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,342 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,785 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,299 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 7 | 12,876 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 12 | 8,931 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,129 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 18 | 6,729 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,199 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 13 | 8,614 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 14 | 8,271 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 13 | 8,888 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 22 | 6,130 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 31 | 4,675 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 13 | 8,715 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 20 | 5,999 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 12 | 8,716 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 16 | 6,885 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 8,837 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 14 | 7,317 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,163 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 9 | 9,260 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 13 | 6,844 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | 11,807 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 8 | 9,553 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 11 | 7,604 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 14 | 6,264 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 9 | 8,734 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 9 | 8,588 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 9 | 8,501 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 10 | 7,449 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | 9,244 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 11 | 6,335 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | 8,523 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,307 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 8 | 7,398 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 15 | 4,686 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 13 | 5,209 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 8 | 7,409 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 6 | 9,095 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 18 | 4,052 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 14 | 4,679 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 9 | 6,340 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 7 | 7,296 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | 9,067 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 11 | 5,011 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 8 | 5,959 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | 6,619 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 10 | 5,061 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 7 | 5,974 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 5 | 6,804 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 5 | 6,578 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 96% · boys 4% across all years