Kinsey

#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births · Last seen for boys in 2015 at #12,086
Given to girls 96.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 255 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,818
since 1968

Kinsey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kinsey has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #835, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,06753—
2024#2,38976—
2023#1,922103—
2022#1,677125—
2021#2,00796—
2020#1,818108—
2019#2,23182—
2018#1,568138—
2017#1,580138—
2016#1,371171—
2015#1,366173#12,0865
2014#1,112228—
2013#1,034241—
2012#1,018248—
2011#842313#10,8086
2010#951269#7,08711
2009#1,040250#8,3109
2008#1,080242#9,8717
2007#951285#9,7887
2006#903294—
2005#979250#10,1516
2004#1,023228#9,9486
2003#984234—
2002#1,014214—
2001#860265#9,2436
2000#874252#5,92011
1999#884242—
1998#835255—
1997#1,053181#8,1106
1996#908216—
1995#953197#8,8685
1994#965192#6,3728
1993#983188#5,36010
1992#955201#8,4355
1991#1,065170#8,2365
1990#1,237134#7,1786
1989#1,54092#4,81110
1988#1,60081#7,2705
1987#1,54582#4,5739
1986#1,63872—
1985#1,72766#5,1477
1984#1,72663#4,2159
1983#1,60869#3,88410
1982#2,15047#3,10814
1981#1,73465#3,41212
1980#2,53737—
1979#2,47737#6,0565
1978#2,68031#3,8579
1977#5,53211#5,1236
1976#6,6118—
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Kinsey! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kinsey is popular in 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNHWashington: #909 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,772 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,237 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,818 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedSDIowa: #442 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,285 girlsIAIndiana: #454 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,493 girlsINOhio: #848 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,476 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,127 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,420 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,114 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 22,666 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedCONebraska: #367 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,658 girlsNEMissouri: #650 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,066 girlsMOKentucky: #592 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,940 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNMKansas: #424 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,951 girlsKSArkansas: #313 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,324 girlsARTennessee: #687 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,343 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #946 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,214 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #637 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,391 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #566 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,773 girlsOKLouisiana: #734 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,153 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMSAlabama: #530 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,806 girlsALGeorgia: #401 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,073 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedHITexas: #926 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 6,080 girlsTXFlorida: #816 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 5,321 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#313 · 1 in 1,324
  2. Nebraska#367 · 1 in 1,658
  3. Georgia#401 · 1 in 2,073
  4. Kansas#424 · 1 in 1,951
  5. Iowa#442 · 1 in 2,285

Best ever in a state: #113 in Montana, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#31391 in 1,324
Nebraska#36751 in 1,658
Georgia#401241 in 2,073
Kansas#42471 in 1,951
Iowa#44261 in 2,285
Indiana#454131 in 2,493
Alabama#53071 in 2,806
Oklahoma#56661 in 2,773
Kentucky#59251 in 3,940
South Carolina#63751 in 3,391
Missouri#65071 in 4,066
Tennessee#68771 in 4,343
Louisiana#73451 in 4,153
Florida#816151 in 5,321
Ohio#84891 in 6,476
Washington#90951 in 5,772
Texas#926261 in 6,080
North Carolina#94671 in 6,214
Pennsylvania#1,12761 in 9,420
Michigan#1,23751 in 9,818
California#2,114101 in 22,666
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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 Kinsey
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 678 spots since 2024 (#2,389 → #3,067)
  • 1,249 spots since 2020 (#1,818 → #3,067)
  • 1,701 spots since 2015 (#1,366 → #3,067)
  • Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1998 (#1,053 → #835)
  • Biggest drop: 176 spots in 2012 (#842 → #1,018)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1998 at #835 (255 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1992–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,620
  • Highest: 1 in 5,620 girls born in 2011 were named Kinsey (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #835 in 1998, was only 1 in 6,929 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.2% of all girls named Kinsey (2,514) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#7,016 (1968)#7,016
1970s87#2,477 (1979)#4,325
1980s674#1,540 (1989)#1,781
1990s1,976#835 (1998)#984
2000s2,514#860 (2001)#971
2010s2,001#842 (2011)#1,307
2020s561#1,677 (2022)#2,147

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.

Kinsey in 2003

girls
#984
234 births · 1 in 7,808 girls

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #984Kinsey234
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 7,808 of them was named Kinsey, which outranked 94.7% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kinsey
  1. #978Phoenix237
  2. #982Bryana236
  3. #982Laisha236
  4. #984Kinsey234
  5. #984Alani234
  6. #984Jacklyn234
  7. #984Kacey234
  8. #990Amaris233
  9. #990Anais233
  10. #990Iyana233

Tied with 5 names at #984; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2003 →