How rare is the name Kenley?

7,050 people in the United States have the first name Kenley, about 1 in 42,841. It ranks #3,118 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

KENLEY

#3,118

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,050
About
1 in 42,841
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,050 people named Kenley, 77.9% reported their origin as White, 9.2% as Black and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 85.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kenley peaked in 2012, when 650 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19242025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
650
In 2025*
145 ▼78%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 8,451 babies have been given the name since 1924. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Kenley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,168. The largest share of babies named Kenley, 46.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1920s#13,8275
1930s#6,55750
1940s#11,8886
1950s#8,27447
1960s#9,50144
1970s#6,258156
1980s#7,716149
1990s#5,188376
2000s#2,2581,739
2010s#1,1684,872
2020s#2,5131,007
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–802.3%
Millennials 1981–964%
Generation Z 1997–1245.5%
2013 and later46.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Kenley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kenley has been most common in North Dakota (2.9×), Utah (2.6×), and North Carolina (1.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.29×).

6,019 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Kenley

#3,116 Helga · 7,052#3,117 Delfina · 7,051#3,119 Roxann · 7,041#3,120 Rui · 7,036

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kenley, most common first.

#8,213 Kenlee · 1,774#15,229 Kenly · 758

Also a last name

As a last name, Kenley ranks #22,360 of 156,621, with 1,180 people. See Kenley as a last name

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