Kendrell
Masculine
Kendrell is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 909 boys against 18 girls since 1880.
Kendrell looks like a blend of Kendrick and Terrell, and unlike most blend claims this one can be tested. Both parent names are in the American record, both are common in the same communities, and both peak just before Kendrell does — which is what a blend hypothesis predicts and what a coincidence would not.
How old is the name Kendrell?
Kendrell first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Kendrell alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 900 people named Kendrell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kendrell most popular?
Kendrell peaked in 1987, reaching #2272 nationally. Today it ranks #7194, 4,922 places below that high. See the whole 1987 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From Kendrick to Kendrell
Our story of Kendrell
There is a way to check whether a name is a blend rather than an accident, and it is worth setting out because so many claims about modern names are untestable. A blend should show three things. Both parent names should be in use in the same population — Kendrick and Terrell both are. The parents should peak before the blend, since you cannot blend names that have not arrived yet — both do. And the blend should be much rarer than either parent, because blending is a minority choice — Kendrell is. All three hold here, and Kendrell peaks in 1987, a few years behind both. None of that proves any individual family did the blending consciously; what it shows is that the shape of the name is consistent with a pattern that was demonstrably available at the time, which is as far as the evidence goes and further than most claims about invented names can reach.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No inherited meaning as a whole. If the blend reading is right, Kendrick is a Welsh and English surname from Cynwrig, chief hero, and Terrell is from Norman Tirel, a byname of debated sense. A blend does not inherit either meaning: the pieces are chosen for sound, and what carries over is the shape, not the sense. Kendrell has no documented reading.
How the name formed
- Kendrick
- Kendrell
Related forms: Kendrel · Kendell
Pronouncing Kendrell
ken-DRELL
Two syllables, stress on the second, with the dr cluster carried across the break. Some families say KEN-drell with front stress; both occur.
Nicknames for Kendrell
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 200233 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2272reached in 1987
- Change vs 2024
- −15.4%11 in 2025, from 13
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kendrell in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kendrel in English — spelling variant
- Kendell in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: North Carolina.
Kendrells among us
people named Kendrell are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 155,280 born in 2025 was named Kendrell
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ulric test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kendrell's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ulric climbed just as high around 1914, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ulric's path sketches the road Kendrell is walking now.
Kendrell sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Kendrell beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kendrell in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It is spelled phonetically and read correctly on first sight.
- Ken and Kenny are immediate, long-established short forms.
- It sits in a coherent sound family with Terrell, Darnell and Montrell.
- Kendall and Kendrick are more common and will be substituted.
- The name as a whole carries no meaning to pass on.
- The stress placement varies between families, which causes correction.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Kendrell to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Kendrell? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Kendrell
Masculine · #7194 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Kendrells are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Kendrell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kendrell in 2025?
- Kendrell ranks #7194 among US boy names in 2025, with 11 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kendrell?
- About 1 in every 155,280 US boys born in 2025 was named Kendrell — 11 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kendrell with classmates?
- Kendrell will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kendrell
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Junius#7194 · Orie#7194 · Shade#7194 · Chesley#7194 · Joesph#7194 · Lofton#7194 · Macon#7194 · Benjiman#7194
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Kendrell? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Kendrell and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle