Fun Facts About the Name Kendrix
- More than 1 thousand babies named Kendrix: U.S. records list 1,384 babies given the name Kendrix from 1880 through 2025. Even 98 girls received the name Kendrix - about 1 girl for every 13 boys.
What Does the Name Kendrix Mean?
Kendrix is a modern given name, most likely a respelled form of Kendrick or a coined name built from the Ken- element plus the -drix ending familiar from Hendrix. If it follows Kendrick, its meaning comes from that name. Kendrick is a Scottish and northern English surname taken from the Gaelic personal name Cináed, Anglicized as Kenneth, usually explained as cinn (head) plus aed (fire) and customarily translated as born of fire. Etymologists have also proposed the Old English personal name Cyneric, meaning royal ruler, and the Welsh name Cynwrig as sources of Kendrick, so even the parent surname has more than one explanation. Because Kendrix is a recent spelling and there is no firm evidence of which of these sources it follows, its exact meaning is uncertain.
Kendrix Name History & Origins
Kendrix belongs to a group of American given names that extend the sounds of older names with a modern spelling. Kendrick itself began as a surname in Scotland and northern England, where it came from the Gaelic personal name Cináed by way of its Anglicized form Kenneth; the surname later passed into use as a first name in the English-speaking world. The ending -drix also recalls the Dutch surname Hendrix, a patronymic of Hendrik (Henry), itself from Germanic elements meaning ruler of the home. That resemblance is a matter of sound and spelling; it does not show that the two names share an origin.
The name appears in late twentieth-century popular culture as Kendrix Morgan, the Pink Ranger in the television series Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999). That is a documented fictional use, not an account of where the name came from.
How Popular is the Name Kendrix?
Kendrix has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #1,325 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | #10,056 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #8,720 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #11,619 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #7,535 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #8,374 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #9,629 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #13,628 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #17,903 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #10,632 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #14,264 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,625 | 104 | 0.0061% |
| 2024 | #1,325 | 145 | 0.0085% |
| 2023 | #1,561 | 112 | 0.0066% |
| 2022 | #1,410 | 131 | 0.0075% |
| 2021 | #1,673 | 99 | 0.0057% |
| 2020 | #1,709 | 91 | 0.0053% |
| 2019 | #2,379 | 57 | 0.0032% |
| 2018 | #2,561 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 2017 | #3,486 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #3,483 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2015 | #2,832 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2014 | #3,960 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2013 | #3,238 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2012 | #4,469 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #4,290 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2010 | #5,146 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2009 | #6,287 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #11,867 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #7,364 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #11,389 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #10,704 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #10,084 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #9,951 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #7,841 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #10,819 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #9,630 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #7,387 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #5,200 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #5,897 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #7,788 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #6,825 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #8,606 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1988 | #4,320 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #4,116 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #5,665 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #4,936 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #5,283 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #4,325 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #3,595 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #2,630 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1980 | #3,737 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #4,643 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #5,443 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #6,364 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #5,293 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1975 | #5,919 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1974 | #4,404 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1973 | #4,818 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #4,215 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #4,678 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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