first name
KINSLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,209 people named Kinsley, 78.9% reported their origin as White, 8.7% as Black and 5.7% as two or more races. 99% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kinsley peaked in 2017, when 4,066 babies got the name.
At least 50,243 babies have been given the name since 1978. 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.
Kinsley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #182. The largest share of babies named Kinsley, 84.3%, 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 Kinsley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kinsley has been most common in South Carolina (2×), Tennessee (1.8×), and Georgia (1.8×), and least common in New Jersey (0.29×).
49,022 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 Kinsley
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kinsley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kinsley ranks #11,401 of 156,621, with 2,643 people. See Kinsley as a last name
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