Kenley

Where Kenley comes from

* Shortened from McKenley, variant of McKinley * Habitational from Old English Cena (“a man's name”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Kenley
  • Vowel-ended
Kenley through the years
  1. 1978
    First appearance
    #8,562 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1987
    Kenley Jansen born
    Curaçaoan professional baseball player
  3. 1994
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 2011
    Peak, #494
    599 babies named Kenley, its best rank.
  5. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #948.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Kenley Jansen · Curaçaoan professional baseball player, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.