Boy name#575 of boy names
Kendrick
Pronounced K EH1 N D R IH0 K (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2013
- 113 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Kendrick?
Kendrick is a boys' name, and first appears in 1912. It has been given to 36,347 children — the 575th most common boys' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2013, when 1,153 children were given it.
Kendric is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Kendrick and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Kendric
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- K EH1 N D R IH0 K
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Kendrick
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Kendrick
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Kendrick?
- Kendrick ranks 575th among boys' names in US records, with 36,347 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,988.
- Is Kendrick a unisex name?
- No. Kendrick is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Kendrick most popular?
- 2013, when 1,153 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Kendrick spelled?
- Kendric. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.