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How popular is “Kendal” in the USA?

Number of people named “Kendal” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Kendal” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Kendal” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Kendal” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Kendal” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Kendal” by birth year

This chart shows how “Kendal” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1915 5 0.000002729 5 -100%
1922 6 0.000002621 6 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1934 6 0.000002889 6 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 7 0.000002873 7 -100%
1942 8 0.000002928 8 -100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 -100%
1944 9 0.000003346 9 -100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 -100%
1946 16 0.000005007 16 -100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 -100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 -100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 -100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 -100%
1951 28 0.000007601 5 23 -64%
1952 25 0.000006582 5 20 -60%
1953 19 0.00000493 19 -100%
1954 33 0.00000829 5 28 -70%
1955 30 0.000007472 5 25 -67%
1956 41 0.000009944 12 29 -41%
1957 49 0.000011661 10 39 -59%
1958 52 0.000012579 13 39 -50%
1959 56 0.000013468 13 43 -54%
1960 54 0.000013 16 38 -41%
1961 49 0.000011829 19 30 -22%
1962 48 0.000011895 11 37 -54%
1963 64 0.000016169 10 54 -69%
1964 60 0.000015434 19 41 -37%
1965 53 0.000014619 22 31 -17%
1966 52 0.000014961 13 39 -50%
1967 52 0.000015317 15 37 -42%
1968 61 0.000018056 15 46 -51%
1969 59 0.000016977 18 41 -39%
1970 84 0.000023291 35 49 -17%
1971 89 0.00002593 44 45 -1%
1972 75 0.000023863 28 47 -25%
1973 71 0.000023534 24 47 -32%
1974 67 0.000022039 26 41 -22%
1975 56 0.000018547 16 40 -43%
1976 57 0.000018785 16 41 -44%
1977 67 0.000021092 27 40 -19%
1978 77 0.000024261 27 50 -30%
1979 73 0.000021942 24 49 -34%
1980 87 0.000025258 37 50 -15%
1981 81 0.000023415 31 50 -23%
1982 112 0.000031927 60 52 7%
1983 132 0.000038114 68 64 3%
1984 186 0.000053314 130 56 40%
1985 162 0.000045389 93 69 15%
1986 199 0.000055945 124 75 25%
1987 229 0.000063512 144 85 26%
1988 199 0.000053856 115 84 16%
1989 221 0.000057486 104 117 -6%
1990 252 0.000063757 117 135 -7%
1991 229 0.000058789 108 121 -6%
1992 220 0.000057273 105 115 -5%
1993 362 0.000096014 225 137 24%
1994 408 0.000109747 268 140 31%
1995 353 0.000096391 232 121 31%
1996 340 0.000093222 214 126 26%
1997 300 0.000082742 210 90 40%
1998 319 0.000086727 240 79 50%
1999 297 0.000080404 207 90 39%
2000 305 0.00008069 210 95 38%
2001 296 0.000079073 211 85 43%
2002 391 0.000104593 295 96 51%
2003 443 0.000116508 373 70 68%
2004 657 0.000171948 565 92 72%
2005 492 0.000127964 417 75 70%
2006 414 0.000104646 333 81 61%
2007 372 0.000093054 298 74 60%
2008 411 0.000104562 352 59 71%
2009 414 0.000108372 361 53 74%
2010 396 0.00010715 299 97 51%
2011 421 0.000115097 346 75 64%
2012 388 0.000106087 313 75 61%
2013 289 0.000079272 234 55 62%
2014 276 0.000074466 225 51 63%
2015 243 0.000065659 194 49 60%
2016 183 0.000049881 142 41 55%
2017 123 0.000034394 86 37 40%
2018 127 0.000036122 99 28 56%
2019 127 0.00003659 90 37 42%
2020 114 0.000034126 75 39 32%
2021 91 0.00002686 66 25 45%
2022 101 0.000029854 66 35 31%
2023 82 0.000024764 55 27 34%
2024 73 0.000021932 43 30 18%

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