Kindra
Feminine
Kendra appeared in American naming in the twentieth century with no ancestor anyone can find. It is usually explained as a feminine of Ken or a form of Kendrick, and both are guesses made after the fact. Kindra is the i-spelling of it, and the honest position is that this is a made name — which is not a criticism, only a fact about when it was made.
How old is the name Kindra?
Kindra first appears in US birth records in 1952 — 73 years ago. The typical Kindra alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 3,700 people named Kindra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kindra most popular?
Kindra peaked in 1978, reaching #969 nationally. Today it ranks #13208, 12,239 places below that high. See the whole 1978 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Kindra
Kendra appears in American records in the mid-twentieth century and rises steadily, which is the profile of a name assembled rather than inherited. Kindra follows it closely, and both peak in the 1970s and 1980s. What is worth noticing is how quickly a name of this kind acquires an official etymology: within a generation of appearing, it was being printed with meanings in name books, all of them reconstructed from resemblance. The genuine history is the one the record shows — a name that came into use in one country in one stretch of decades.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No derivation is established. The name is sometimes traced to Kendrick, an English and Welsh surname from either the Old English Cyneric — royal power — or the Welsh Cynwrig. That surname is genuine and old; the connection to Kendra is not demonstrated, and the name may simply have been built from Ken and an ending.
Pronouncing Kindra
KIN-druh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Kendra is said KEN-druh, so this spelling genuinely changes the first vowel — unlike most respellings, which change nothing audible.
Nicknames for Kindra
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
- 1952
- Most girls named
- 1987152 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #969reached in 1978
- Change vs 2024
- −14.3%6 in 2025, from 7
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.
Kindras among us
people named Kindra are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 267,878 born in 2025 was named Kindra
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 Thomasina test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kindra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Thomasina climbed just as high around 1932, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Thomasina's path sketches the road Kindra is walking now.
Kindra 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
Kindra beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kindra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The i genuinely changes the sound, which distinguishes it from the commoner spelling.
- Six letters, two syllables, and no difficulty of pronunciation.
- It is uncommon while sounding entirely familiar to American ears.
- Kendra is far commoner and will be written instead, and the two are said differently.
- There is no documented meaning, and the ones offered online are constructed.
- It belongs to a specific stretch of American naming and dates a woman accordingly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kindras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,700 people named Kindra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kindra in 2025?
- Kindra ranks #13208 among US girl names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kindra?
- About 1 in every 267,878 US girls born in 2025 was named Kindra — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kindra with classmates?
- Kindra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kindra
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