Girls' name · peaked in 2021
Kinsley name popularity since 1925
50,243 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kinsley. Half of them were born in 2018 or earlier, so the typical Kinsley is about 8 years old in 2026. Kinsley peaked in 2021 as the #57 name for girls, and it ranked #93 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 50,243
- Named Kinsley, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #93
- for girls in 2025 (2,671 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 50,016 girls · 227 boys
- Most popular in
- South Carolina
- 2.03× its national share
Peak year is the year Kinsley made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Kinsley births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2017. Measured as a share of all babies, Kinsley peaked in 2021.
- Fastest rise: Between 2006 and 2011, Kinsley became 5.2× more common, from 1 in 6,320 baby girls to 1 in 1,200.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Kinsley's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kinsley.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kinsley in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 8 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 110 | 28 | #4,968 |
| 1990s | 425 | 19 | #2,819 |
| 2000s | 2,985 | 21 | #945 |
| 2010s | 26,306 | 84 | #113 |
| 2020–25 | 20,182 | 75 | #93 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
84.3% of babies named Kinsley from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Kinsley is most popular
The index compares Kinsley's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Kinsley.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 2.03× | 1,413 |
| Tennessee | 1.84× | 1,926 |
| Georgia | 1.77× | 2,431 |
| Mississippi | 1.69× | 1,018 |
| North Carolina | 1.69× | 2,371 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kinsley and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Kinsley (this page) | 50,016 | 2021 |
| Kinslee | 5,342 | 2017 |
| Kinzley | 2,771 | 2017 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Kinsley's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kinsley.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kinsley (2021).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data