Kendra: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced KEN-druh · 2 syllables

Coined in the latter half of the twentieth century, presumably a blend of Kenneth + Sandra.

How popular is Kendra?

Kendra was the #849 name in the US in 2025, given to 320 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 66% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Kendra in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Country	Rank
United States	#849
Canada	#826

Half of US adults named Kendra are older than 38; most are between 20 and 60. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Kendra have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Kendra is pronounced KEN-druh.

Kendra was the #849 name in the US in 2025, given to 320 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 66% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Kendra are older than 38. Most are between 20 and 60.