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Kenley: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 127 in 2025. Its best rank was #494 in 2011.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #494 in 2011; #1,638 in 2025. About 88% of babies named Kenley in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,638 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2011, at #494.
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Kenley: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 127 girls in 2025. Peak: #494 in 2011 · most girls in one year: 614 (2012).
In 2025, 127 US girls were named Kenley, making it the 1,638th most common girls’ name of the year, down 161 places from #1,477 in 2024. That is 21 fewer than the 148 girls named Kenley in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #494, reached in 2011. The most girls given the name in a single year was 614, in 2012. For comparison, it was #662 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 18 US boys were named Kenley, making it the 5,314th most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,341 places from #6,655 in 2024. That is 5 more than the 13 boys named Kenley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,264, reached in 1935. The most boys given the name in a single year was 45, in 2010. For comparison, it was #5,409 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kenley in 75 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1924 with 5 babies. In all, 8,451 US babies have been given the name, 86% of them girls and 14% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 4,872 babies named Kenley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,144 US girls were named Kenley; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 369. In 2025 that was about 1 in 12,656 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Kenley ranked highest in Indiana in 2025, at #630 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Kinley (20,313 babies since 1880), Kynlee (6,242 babies since 1880), Kinlee (2,681 babies since 1880) and Kenlee (2,270 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Kenli, Kenlie and Kennlee are summarised on this page.
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We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Kenli (612), Kenlie (596), Kennlee (12).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Kenley in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 10 | #630 | #460 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | #1,061 | #512 |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,362 | #402 |
| California | 11 | #1,892 | #1,625 |
| Texas | 10 | #2,131 | #913 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | #1,638 | 18 | #5,314 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,477 | 13 | #6,655 |
| 2023 | 144 | #1,504 | 28 | #3,945 |
| 2022 | 144 | #1,512 | 25 | #4,238 |
| 2021 | 146 | #1,471 | 19 | #5,028 |
| 2020 | 173 | #1,288 | 22 | #4,493 |
| 2019 | 245 | #1,047 | 23 | #4,414 |
| 2018 | 280 | #949 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2017 | 368 | #757 | 17 | #5,416 |
| 2016 | 369 | #772 | 22 | #4,548 |
| 2015 | 431 | #662 | 17 | #5,409 |
| 2014 | 544 | #563 | 31 | #3,506 |
| 2013 | 548 | #542 | 26 | #3,910 |
| 2012 | 614 | #499 | 36 | #3,145 |
| 2011 | 599 | #494 | 41 | #2,878 |
| 2010 | 596 | #500 | 45 | #2,710 |
| 2009 | 447 | #660 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2008 | 268 | #993 | 25 | #4,092 |
| 2007 | 152 | #1,521 | 27 | #3,846 |
| 2006 | 126 | #1,674 | 24 | #4,053 |
| 2005 | 118 | #1,685 | 19 | #4,565 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,866 | 21 | #4,194 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,938 | 17 | #4,721 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,945 | 11 | #6,326 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,499 | 24 | #3,569 |
| 2000 | 65 | #2,387 | 21 | #3,859 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,452 | 13 | #5,187 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,908 | 18 | #3,934 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,445 | 18 | #3,818 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,389 | 12 | #5,045 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,125 | 16 | #3,970 |
| 1994 | 15 | #6,160 | 12 | #4,972 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,102 | 17 | #3,749 |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,356 | 9 | #5,901 |
| 1991 | 15 | #6,095 | 15 | #3,927 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,849 | 16 | #3,701 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,208 | 18 | #3,274 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,777 | 7 | #6,140 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,203 | 9 | #4,764 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,140 | 13 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,767 | 14 | #3,308 |
| 1984 | — | — | 17 | #2,762 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,477 | 5 | #6,798 |
| 1982 | — | — | 12 | #3,597 |
| 1981 | — | — | 5 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | — | — | 6 | #5,918 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,417 | 10 | #3,948 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,060 | 15 | #2,864 |
| 1977 | — | — | 17 | #2,608 |
| 1976 | — | — | 20 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | — | — | 15 | #2,700 |
| 1974 | — | — | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1973 | — | — | 5 | #5,491 |
| 1972 | — | — | 11 | #3,068 |
| 1971 | — | — | 16 | #2,420 |
| 1970 | — | — | 14 | #2,576 |
| 1969 | — | — | 7 | #3,775 |
| 1967 | — | — | 10 | #2,693 |
| 1966 | — | — | 5 | #4,258 |
| 1965 | — | — | 8 | #3,117 |
| 1964 | — | — | 6 | #3,835 |
| 1961 | — | — | 8 | #3,235 |
| 1959 | — | — | 6 | #3,813 |
| 1958 | — | — | 6 | #3,738 |
| 1957 | — | — | 9 | #2,919 |
| 1956 | — | — | 6 | #3,736 |
| 1955 | — | — | 7 | #3,346 |
| 1953 | — | — | 8 | #3,042 |
| 1951 | — | — | 5 | #3,993 |
| 1948 | — | — | 6 | #3,497 |
| 1938 | — | — | 8 | #2,762 |
| 1937 | — | — | 7 | #3,045 |
| 1936 | — | — | 6 | #3,361 |
| 1935 | — | — | 29 | #1,264 |
| 1924 | — | — | 5 | #4,686 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).