first name
KINLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,841 people named Kinley, 87.4% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as two or more races and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kinley peaked in 2012, when 1,769 babies got the name.
At least 20,313 babies have been given the name since 1917. 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.
Kinley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #512. The largest share of babies named Kinley, 59.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Kinley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kinley has been most common in Alaska (4.1×), North Dakota (2.8×), and Arkansas (2.5×), and least common in New Jersey (0.14×).
18,929 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 Kinley
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kinley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kinley ranks #10,430 of 156,621, with 2,940 people. See Kinley as a last name
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