How rare is the name Kensley?

5,914 people in the United States have the first name Kensley, about 1 in 51,071. It ranks #3,502 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KENSLEY

#3,502

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,914
About
1 in 51,071
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,914 people named Kensley, 62.3% reported their origin as White, 23.8% as Black and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 94.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Kensley peaked in 2018, when 749 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19872025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
749
In 2025*
383 ▼49%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,285 babies have been given the name since 1987. 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.

Kensley by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,136. The largest share of babies named Kensley, 75.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#18,48028
1990s#6,806254
2000s#3,3071,010
2010s#1,1365,074
2020s#1,1982,919
Millennials 1981–961.7%
Generation Z 1997–1222.8%
2013 and later75.5%

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 Kensley is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kensley has been most common in Alabama (4×), Georgia (3.1×), and South Carolina (2.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.25×).

7,843 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.

Exactly as common as Kensley

1 other first name also has 5,914 people.

#3,502 Lilith · 5,914

Either side of Kensley

#3,500 Vivek · 5,917#3,501 Alfreda · 5,916#3,502 Lilith · 5,914#3,504 Draven · 5,912

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,068 Kenzley · 1,043#14,083 Kenslee · 843#32,182 Kensly · 263

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