Kyndra
Feminine
Kyndra peaked forty years after it entered the record, which almost nothing does. Most names rise within a decade of appearing and fall inside two; this one sat in the American record from the nineteen-sixties and reached its highest point in the two-thousands, which is a very long wait.
How old is the name Kyndra?
Kyndra first appears in US birth records in 1965 — 60 years ago. The typical Kyndra alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 2,400 people named Kyndra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kyndra most popular?
Kyndra peaked in 2007, reaching #1445 nationally. See the whole 2007 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Kendra to Kyndra
The story of Kyndra
A slow curve like this usually means a name is being reinvented rather than passed on — families arriving at it independently, decades apart, because the pieces stay available. The y is part of that. It marks the name as modern in whichever decade it is used, which means it can look current in the nineteen-sixties and again in the two-thousands without changing. Names with no fixed source and a flexible spelling behave this way, and it is the opposite of how an inherited name moves.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name it comes from is itself a twentieth-century coinage without a settled source, so nothing can be inherited. The y is an American spelling choice on top of that.
How the name formed
- Kendra
- Kyndra
Pronouncing Kyndra
KEN-druh
Two syllables with the weight at the front. The y is said as a short e here, which the spelling does not make obvious.
Nicknames for Kyndra
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
- 1965
- Most girls named
- 2007163 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1445reached in 2007
- Change vs 2019
- −23.1%10 in 2020, 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.
Kyndras among us
people named Kyndra are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Kyndra sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Six letters, two syllables, and a familiar sound behind a distinctive spelling.
- It sits comfortably in front of almost any surname.
- It is genuinely uncommon while remaining readable.
- Kendra is far commoner and will be written instead.
- The y suggests a vowel it does not have, so the name will be mispronounced on sight.
- There is no inherited meaning to pass on.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kyndras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Kyndra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kyndra in 2025?
- Kyndra is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Kyndra with classmates?
- Kyndra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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