Kendra is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1987 and has since faded.
Kendra is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #849 for girl births in the United States (and #1,615 across all names), given to 320 babies. Kendra was first reported in SSA data in 1936 and peaked in 1987 (3,841 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 320 | 320 | #849 | — |
| 2024 | 415 | 415 | #686 | — |
| 2023 | 381 | 381 | #739 | — |
| 2022 | 420 | 420 | #703 | — |
| 2021 | 460 | 460 | #649 | — |
| 2020 | 539 | 546 | #551 | — |
| 2019 | 521 | 521 | #586 | — |
| 2018 | 625 | 631 | #498 | — |
| 2017 | 741 | 751 | #430 | — |
| 2016 | 964 | 972 | #347 | — |
| 2015 | 964 | 970 | #341 | — |
| 2014 | 1,271 | 1,288 | #258 | — |
| 2013 | 1,730 | 1,762 | #189 | #11,493 |
| 2012 | 810 | 822 | #386 | — |
| 2011 | 1,071 | 1,084 | #293 | — |
| 2010 | 1,497 | 1,506 | #207 | — |
| 2009 | 1,390 | 1,403 | #239 | — |
| 2008 | 1,450 | 1,459 | #236 | — |
| 2007 | 1,702 | 1,711 | #200 | — |
| 2006 | 1,404 | 1,404 | #244 | — |
| 2005 | 1,245 | 1,251 | #262 | — |
| 2004 | 1,208 | 1,215 | #272 | #7,892 |
| 2003 | 1,235 | 1,243 | #259 | — |
| 2002 | 1,391 | 1,398 | #227 | #11,648 |
| 2001 | 1,496 | 1,508 | #211 | — |
| 2000 | 1,737 | 1,748 | #187 | #8,696 |
| 1999 | 1,838 | 1,849 | #170 | — |
| 1998 | 2,035 | 2,055 | #154 | — |
| 1997 | 2,053 | — | #153 | — |
| 1996 | 2,377 | — | #136 | #6,273 |
| 1995 | 2,377 | — | #133 | #9,629 |
| 1994 | 2,547 | — | #126 | #5,281 |
| 1993 | 2,611 | — | #128 | #7,222 |
| 1992 | 2,678 | — | #125 | #9,160 |
| 1991 | 2,717 | — | #118 | #4,355 |
| 1990 | 2,802 | — | #117 | #4,291 |
| 1989 | 3,268 | — | #99 | #1,942 |
| 1988 | 3,786 | — | #80 | #2,405 |
| 1987 | 3,863 | — | #77 | #2,518 |
| 1986 | 2,768 | — | #101 | #4,675 |
| 1985 | 1,854 | — | #154 | #3,307 |
| 1984 | 1,937 | — | #150 | #2,888 |
| 1983 | 1,620 | — | #172 | #3,532 |
| 1982 | 1,780 | — | #163 | #2,648 |
| 1981 | 1,859 | — | #152 | #4,009 |
| 1980 | 1,821 | — | #154 | #6,785 |
| 1979 | 2,089 | — | #137 | #2,429 |
| 1978 | 1,914 | — | #145 | #3,509 |
| 1977 | 1,786 | — | #152 | #3,119 |
| 1976 | 1,638 | — | #157 | #4,213 |
| 1975 | 1,511 | — | #173 | #5,133 |
| 1974 | 1,503 | — | #178 | #2,878 |
| 1973 | 1,270 | — | #204 | #4,296 |
| 1972 | 1,403 | — | #200 | #4,214 |
| 1971 | 1,488 | — | #202 | #4,677 |
| 1970 | 1,150 | — | #267 | — |
| 1969 | 871 | — | #307 | — |
| 1968 | 695 | — | #330 | — |
| 1967 | 796 | — | #305 | — |
| 1966 | 714 | — | #332 | — |
| 1965 | 454 | — | #444 | — |
| 1964 | 392 | — | #491 | — |
| 1963 | 411 | — | #477 | — |
| 1962 | 365 | — | #508 | — |
| 1961 | 351 | — | #520 | — |
| 1960 | 285 | — | #588 | — |
| 1959 | 259 | — | #617 | — |
| 1958 | 200 | — | #699 | — |
| 1957 | 208 | — | #691 | — |
| 1956 | 237 | — | #623 | — |
| 1955 | 136 | — | #832 | — |
| 1954 | 114 | — | #901 | — |
| 1953 | 121 | — | #844 | — |
| 1952 | 96 | — | #960 | — |
| 1951 | 105 | — | #879 | — |
| 1950 | 92 | — | #931 | — |
| 1949 | 75 | — | #1,034 | — |
| 1948 | 79 | — | #982 | — |
| 1947 | 95 | — | #913 | — |
| 1946 | 77 | — | #950 | — |
| 1945 | 53 | — | #1,087 | — |
| 1944 | 33 | — | #1,416 | — |
| 1943 | 37 | — | #1,351 | — |
| 1942 | 33 | — | #1,424 | — |
| 1941 | 21 | — | #1,775 | — |
| 1940 | 20 | — | #1,819 | — |
| 1939 | 13 | — | #2,355 | — |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,674 | — |
| 1937 | 5 | — | #4,590 | — |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #3,251 | — |