Kendi Popularity by Year
Follow Kendi across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Kendi birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 10 | #9,457 | Up 99 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 10 | #9,556 | Up 756 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 9 | #10,312 | Down 1,770 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 9 | #8,300 | Down 713 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 12 | #8,542 | Up 2,604 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 10 | #7,587 | Up 4,435 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 8 | #11,146 | Down 4,517 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 5 | #12,022 | — |
| 2020 | Girls | 17 | #6,629 | Up 713 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 15 | #7,342 | Down 1,557 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 21 | #5,785 | Up 2,514 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 13 | #8,299 | Up 4,577 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 7 | #12,876 | Down 3,945 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 12 | #8,931 | Up 1,198 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 10 | #10,129 | Down 3,400 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 18 | #6,729 | Up 5,470 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 8 | #12,199 | Down 3,585 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 13 | #8,614 | Down 343 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 14 | #8,271 | Up 617 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 13 | #8,888 | Down 2,758 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 22 | #6,130 | Down 1,455 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 31 | #4,675 | Up 4,040 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 13 | #8,715 | Down 2,716 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 20 | #5,999 | Up 2,717 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 12 | #8,716 | Down 1,831 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 16 | #6,885 | Up 1,952 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 11 | #8,837 | Down 1,520 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 14 | #7,317 | Up 1,846 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 10 | #9,163 | Up 97 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 9 | #9,260 | Down 2,416 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 13 | #6,844 | Up 4,963 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 6 | #11,807 | Down 2,254 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 8 | #9,553 | Down 1,949 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 11 | #7,604 | Down 1,340 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 14 | #6,264 | Up 2,470 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 9 | #8,734 | Down 146 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 9 | #8,588 | Down 87 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 9 | #8,501 | Down 1,052 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 10 | #7,449 | Up 1,795 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 7 | #9,244 | Down 2,909 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 11 | #6,335 | Up 2,188 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 7 | #8,523 | Up 784 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 6 | #9,307 | Down 1,909 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 8 | #7,398 | Down 2,712 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 15 | #4,686 | Up 523 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 13 | #5,209 | Up 2,200 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 8 | #7,409 | Up 1,686 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 6 | #9,095 | Down 5,043 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 18 | #4,052 | Up 627 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 14 | #4,679 | Up 1,661 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 9 | #6,340 | Up 956 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 7 | #7,296 | Up 1,771 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 5 | #9,067 | Down 4,056 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 11 | #5,011 | Up 948 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 8 | #5,959 | Up 660 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 7 | #6,619 | Down 1,558 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 10 | #5,061 | Up 913 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 7 | #5,974 | Up 830 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 5 | #6,804 | Down 226 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 5 | #6,578 | — |