Kinsley
- #93 for girls in 2025, 2,671 births
- #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
- Given to girls 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2021 · 3,885 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 50,016since 1978
Kinsley over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. 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.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #93 | 2,671 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #85 | 2,937 | #7,257 | 11 |
| 2023 | #67 | 3,204 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #61 | 3,705 | #5,633 | 16 |
| 2021 | #57 | 3,885 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #59 | 3,780 | #5,451 | 16 |
| 2019 | #74 | 3,510 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #63 | 3,881 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #59 | 4,053 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #86 | 3,378 | — | |
| 2015 | #113 | 2,788 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #131 | 2,448 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #161 | 1,981 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #179 | 1,760 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #218 | 1,461 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #307 | 1,046 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #428 | 743 | — | |
| 2008 | #562 | 547 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #757 | 386 | — | |
| 2006 | #881 | 301 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #945 | 262 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,201 | 186 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,235 | 170 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,303 | 150 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #1,444 | 130 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #1,602 | 110 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,940 | 81 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,244 | 63 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,002 | 71 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,788 | 43 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,358 | 21 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
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| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1978
The first year at least five girls were named Kinsley! It came in at #6,948, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1979, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kinsley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- West Virginia#17 · 1 in 127
- Mississippi#19 · 1 in 168
- Maine#39 · 1 in 164
- Ohio#50 · 1 in 315
- South Dakota#51 · 1 in 203
Best ever in a state: #4 in Mississippi, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #17 | 40 | 1 in 127 |
| Mississippi | #19 | 53 | 1 in 168 |
| Maine | #39 | 19 | 1 in 164 |
| Ohio | #50 | 150 | 1 in 315 |
| South Dakota | #51 | 15 | 1 in 203 |
| New Hampshire | #53 | 19 | 1 in 200 |
| North Dakota | #58 | 13 | 1 in 208 |
| Wisconsin | #61 | 67 | 1 in 302 |
| Michigan | #62 | 104 | 1 in 344 |
| Idaho | #64 | 27 | 1 in 265 |
| Louisiana | #64 | 51 | 1 in 321 |
| Kentucky | #65 | 56 | 1 in 308 |
| South Carolina | #66 | 55 | 1 in 333 |
| Iowa | #67 | 40 | 1 in 294 |
| Kansas | #67 | 38 | 1 in 311 |
| Pennsylvania | #69 | 128 | 1 in 365 |
| Alaska | #70 | 8 | 1 in 207 |
| Delaware | #70 | 10 | 1 in 226 |
| Tennessee | #70 | 93 | 1 in 345 |
| Vermont | #75 | 5 | 1 in 195 |
| Arkansas | #77 | 32 | 1 in 331 |
| Indiana | #77 | 74 | 1 in 377 |
| Missouri | #78 | 68 | 1 in 357 |
| Oregon | #78 | 39 | 1 in 335 |
| Georgia | #80 | 102 | 1 in 443 |
| Minnesota | #84 | 58 | 1 in 370 |
| Virginia | #86 | 79 | 1 in 427 |
| Oklahoma | #87 | 39 | 1 in 379 |
| North Carolina | #93 | 106 | 1 in 439 |
| Maryland | #102 | 43 | 1 in 465 |
| Arizona | #106 | 58 | 1 in 487 |
| Alabama | #108 | 40 | 1 in 458 |
| New Mexico | #111 | 12 | 1 in 389 |
| Colorado | #113 | 47 | 1 in 496 |
| Washington | #116 | 55 | 1 in 525 |
| District of Columbia | #119 | 6 | 1 in 337 |
| Illinois | #121 | 77 | 1 in 576 |
| Florida | #124 | 144 | 1 in 603 |
| Texas | #142 | 222 | 1 in 723 |
| New York | #143 | 114 | 1 in 687 |
| Montana | #144 | 7 | 1 in 404 |
| Nebraska | #157 | 14 | 1 in 507 |
| Nevada | #165 | 15 | 1 in 613 |
| Hawaii | #168 | 5 | 1 in 429 |
| Massachusetts | #207 | 27 | 1 in 890 |
| Connecticut | #220 | 15 | 1 in 767 |
| New Jersey | #253 | 32 | 1 in 1,109 |
| California | #261 | 127 | 1 in 1,273 |
| Utah | #287 | 15 | 1 in 1,138 |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Kinsley
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 34 spots since 2020 (#59 → #93)
- 20 spots since 2015 (#113 → #93)
- Biggest jump: 256 spots in 2005
- Biggest drop: 18 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2021 at #57 (3,885 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 422
- Highest: 1 in 422 girls born in 2021 were named Kinsley (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 602 girls born in 2025 (0.17%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 52.6% of all girls named Kinsley (26,306) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8 | #6,948 (1978) | #6,948 |
| 1980s | 110 | #4,283 (1987) | #6,848 |
| 1990s | 425 | #1,940 (1999) | #3,270 |
| 2000s | 2,985 | #428 (2009) | #1,036 |
| 2010s | 26,306 | #59 (2017) | #139 |
| 2020s | 20,182 | #57 (2021) | #70 |
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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