Kenley
- #1,631 for girls in 2025, 127 births
- #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
- Given to girls 86.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2011 · 599 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,290since 1978
Kenley over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,631 | 127 | #5,208 | 18 |
| 2024 | #1,472 | 148 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #1,500 | 144 | #3,883 | 28 |
| 2022 | #1,506 | 144 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 2021 | #1,469 | 146 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #1,287 | 173 | #4,426 | 22 |
| 2019 | #1,045 | 245 | #4,337 | 23 |
| 2018 | #948 | 280 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | #756 | 368 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #772 | 369 | #4,470 | 22 |
| 2015 | #661 | 431 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #562 | 544 | #3,456 | 31 |
| 2013 | #541 | 548 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #499 | 614 | #3,115 | 36 |
| 2011 | #494 | 599 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | #500 | 596 | #2,682 | 45 |
| 2009 | #660 | 447 | #4,035 | 25 |
| 2008 | #991 | 268 | #4,044 | 25 |
| 2007 | #1,517 | 152 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #1,672 | 126 | #4,001 | 24 |
| 2005 | #1,681 | 118 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #1,855 | 102 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #1,925 | 94 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #1,934 | 91 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #2,487 | 62 | #3,512 | 24 |
| 2000 | #2,374 | 65 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #2,438 | 59 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #2,889 | 45 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #3,738 | 18 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #3,661 | 17 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | — | #2,556 | 17 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,245 | 20 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,637 | 15 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,358 | 17 | |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,991 | 11 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #2,611 | 10 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
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| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
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| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
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| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
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| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
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| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,905 | 7 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,247 | 29 | |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five girls were named Kenley! It came in at #8,562, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1982, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kenley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Indiana#611 · 1 in 2,791
- Pennsylvania#1,015 · 1 in 5,836
- North Carolina#1,281 · 1 in 7,747
- California#1,830 · 1 in 14,702
- Texas#2,038 · 1 in 16,054
Best ever in a state: #76 in North Dakota, 2010.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #611 | 10 | 1 in 2,791 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,015 | 8 | 1 in 5,836 |
| North Carolina | #1,281 | 6 | 1 in 7,747 |
| California | #1,830 | 11 | 1 in 14,702 |
| Texas | #2,038 | 10 | 1 in 16,054 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kenley
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 344 spots since 2020 (#1,287 → #1,631)
- Biggest jump: 526 spots in 2008
- Biggest drop: 192 spots in 2018
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2011 at #494 (599 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2008–2018
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,868
- Highest: 1 in 2,868 girls born in 2012 were named Kenley (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,656 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #494 in 2011, was only 1 in 2,937 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 63.0% of all girls named Kenley (4,594) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
- Mostly boys until 1993, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #6,189 (1979) | #7,376 |
| 1980s | 43 | #6,955 (1989) | #8,906 |
| 1990s | 230 | #2,438 (1999) | #5,873 |
| 2000s | 1,525 | #660 (2009) | #1,710 |
| 2010s | 4,594 | #494 (2011) | #678 |
| 2020s | 882 | #1,287 (2020) | #1,478 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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