Kendry
Masculine
Kendry is given to both — 528 boys and 38 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Kendry is a Dominican coinage, and no source establishes its origin — it belongs to a real regional tradition.
How old is the name Kendry?
Kendry first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Kendry is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Kendry are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kendry most popular?
Kendry peaked in 2024, reaching #1709 nationally. Today it ranks #2641, 932 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kendry
Our story of Kendry is a story of a Caribbean naming workshop. Dominican families from the twentieth century have built given names freely from K, Y and J fronts and English-sounding endings — Kendry, Yeuris, Jhoan, Wandy — producing names found almost nowhere else. Kendry appears in American records with Dominican migration. There is no older word behind it, and the tradition is the history.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented etymology. It is a modern Dominican and Latin American coinage, of the kind built from K fronts and -ry endings widespread in Caribbean Spanish naming. Attributions to older languages are not supported.
Pronouncing Kendry
KEN-dree
Two syllables, stress on the first. Spanish gives both vowels a full value.
Nicknames for Kendry
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
- 1999
- Most boys named
- 202497 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1709reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −49.5%49 in 2025, from 97
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.
Kendry in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kendry in Spanish — same name
- Kendri in Spanish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Florida, New Jersey.
Kendrys among us
people named Kendry are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 34,859 born in 2025 was named Kendry
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 Shaine test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kendry's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Shaine climbed just as high around 1987, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Shaine's path sketches the road Kendry is walking now.
Kendry 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
Where Kendry is headed
Kendry is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 100% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kendry beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kendry in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Ken is available as a short form with a large record.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It records a real Dominican naming tradition.
- There is no documented meaning.
- It reads as specifically Dominican.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kendrys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Kendry are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kendry in 2025?
- Kendry ranks #2641 among US boy names in 2025, with 49 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kendry?
- About 1 in every 34,859 US boys born in 2025 was named Kendry — 49 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kendry with classmates?
- Kendry will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kendry
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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