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How popular is the name Kendal?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kendals are alive today.
Kendal (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Kendall in England and Wales, ranked 2788th in 2025 and given to 9 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1996, when 26 babies were given the name, the 848th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2013, with 24 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 35% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Kendall you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old - or else around 31: the name has two living generations. Half of all Kendalls born in England and Wales are between 9 and 29, and there are at least 1,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Kendall - on average, only one in every 197 such rooms contains a Kendall.
How many babies are named Kendal each year?
Includes all spellings: Kendal, Kendall. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Kendal spelling rank?
Where does the Kendall spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kendal most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Kendall, peaked in 2014, when 98 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Kendal spelling itself peaked in 1996, with 26 babies.
How many people are called Kendal?
At least 1,600 people named Kendal in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kendal?
Most living Kendals are between 9 and 29; the most common age is about 11. There is a second cluster around 31.
Is Kendal becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak.