Kendal
5
Babies in 2024
-72%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 26
+67%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Kendal
Kendal peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (26 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 5 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Kendal reached its peak in 1996, when 26 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #848 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 5 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 396 girls have been officially registered with the name Kendal in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 148 girls were registered with the name, starting from 18 in 2014 and ending at 5 in 2024.