Kinley
- #691 for girls in 2025, 409 births
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
- Given to girls 98.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2012 · 1,750 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,959since 1979
Kinley over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kinley has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #691 | 409 | — | |
| 2024 | #617 | 485 | — | |
| 2023 | #596 | 500 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #526 | 593 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #505 | 617 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #434 | 707 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #405 | 770 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #331 | 984 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #322 | 1,019 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #254 | 1,248 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #235 | 1,408 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #209 | 1,619 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #208 | 1,560 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #180 | 1,750 | #4,862 | 19 |
| 2011 | #195 | 1,641 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2010 | #232 | 1,352 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #453 | 688 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #665 | 462 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #862 | 325 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #908 | 292 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #1,011 | 241 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,014 | 233 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #1,084 | 203 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,228 | 163 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #1,238 | 162 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #1,431 | 128 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #1,431 | 122 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #1,789 | 87 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #2,450 | 53 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #6,523 | 5 |
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| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
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| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
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| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
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| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1979
The first year at least five girls were named Kinley! It came in at #10,210, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1984, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kinley 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
- West Virginia#181 · 1 in 564
- Missouri#277 · 1 in 1,105
- New Mexico#296 · 1 in 935
- Nebraska#296 · 1 in 1,014
- Arkansas#301 · 1 in 1,059
Best ever in a state: #17 in North Dakota, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #181 | 9 | 1 in 564 |
| Missouri | #277 | 22 | 1 in 1,105 |
| Nebraska | #296 | 7 | 1 in 1,014 |
| New Mexico | #296 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| Arkansas | #301 | 10 | 1 in 1,059 |
| Indiana | #305 | 23 | 1 in 1,213 |
| Mississippi | #341 | 8 | 1 in 1,113 |
| Iowa | #354 | 9 | 1 in 1,308 |
| Kansas | #361 | 9 | 1 in 1,312 |
| Wisconsin | #364 | 14 | 1 in 1,447 |
| Kentucky | #383 | 11 | 1 in 1,568 |
| Oklahoma | #398 | 10 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Tennessee | #479 | 16 | 1 in 2,005 |
| Alabama | #481 | 10 | 1 in 1,832 |
| Colorado | #497 | 11 | 1 in 2,121 |
| Louisiana | #534 | 8 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Minnesota | #540 | 9 | 1 in 2,387 |
| Georgia | #581 | 18 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Ohio | #592 | 17 | 1 in 2,781 |
| Oregon | #619 | 5 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Virginia | #662 | 11 | 1 in 3,067 |
| North Carolina | #684 | 14 | 1 in 3,320 |
| South Carolina | #688 | 6 | 1 in 3,048 |
| Pennsylvania | #689 | 14 | 1 in 3,335 |
| Illinois | #852 | 10 | 1 in 4,433 |
| Texas | #861 | 34 | 1 in 4,722 |
| Florida | #912 | 17 | 1 in 5,104 |
| New Jersey | #1,036 | 6 | 1 in 5,917 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| Michigan | #1,061 | 6 | 1 in 5,955 |
| California | #1,409 | 16 | 1 in 10,108 |
| New York | #1,526 | 8 | 1 in 9,791 |
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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 Kinley
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 257 spots since 2020 (#434 → #691)
- Biggest jump: 221 spots in 2010
- Biggest drop: 74 spots in 2019
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2012 at #180 (1,750 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 2006–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,006
- Highest: 1 in 1,006 girls born in 2012 were named Kinley (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,930 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 66.9% of all girls named Kinley (13,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #10,210 (1979) | #10,210 |
| 1980s | 42 | #6,666 (1988) | #7,937 |
| 1990s | 353 | #1,431 (1999) | #5,614 |
| 2000s | 2,897 | #453 (2009) | #989 |
| 2010s | 13,351 | #180 (2012) | #257 |
| 2020s | 3,311 | #434 (2020) | #562 |
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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