Kenley
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KEN-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,631 for girls
Kenley is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 1,631st for girls in the US (127 babies).
What does Kenley mean?
English: English place name and surname
From an English place name; RAF Kenley in Surrey was a key fighter base in the Battle of Britain.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kenley a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kenley has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 127 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Kenley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Kenley, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2010, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kenley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2017, 27% of the babies named Kenley in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Kenley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,170 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
How popular is Kenley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,631st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 127 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 127 girls in the US were named Kenley, making it the 1,631st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,287th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 614 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978. 18 boys were also named Kenley in 2025 (5,207th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Kenley than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Kenley in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 262 girls in the US were given Kenley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #904, up from #1,631 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 50% of the babies named Kenley in the US in 1991, and 88% in 2025.
Kenley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | #1,631 |
| 2024 | 148 | #1,472 |
| 2023 | 144 | #1,500 |
| 2022 | 144 | #1,506 |
| 2021 | 146 | #1,469 |
| 2020 | 173 | #1,287 |
| 2019 | 245 | #1,045 |
| 2018 | 280 | #948 |
| 2017 | 368 | #756 |
| 2016 | 369 | #772 |
| 2015 | 431 | #661 |
| 2014 | 544 | #562 |
| 2013 | 548 | #541 |
| 2012 | 614 | #499 |
| 2011 | 599 | #494 |
| 2010 | 596 | #500 |
| 2009 | 447 | #660 |
| 2008 | 268 | #991 |
| 2007 | 152 | #1,517 |
| 2006 | 126 | #1,672 |
| 2005 | 118 | #1,680 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,854 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,924 |
| 2002 | 91 | #1,932 |
| 2001 | 62 | #2,483 |
| 2000 | 65 | #2,370 |
| 1999 | 59 | #2,435 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,886 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Nicknames for Kenley
- Ken 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kenley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody, Kayden, Finn, Kody, Keegan, Kian, Aiden, Conan, Ronan, Cody, Brayden, Declan
Other spellings of Kenley
Names related to Kenley
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kenley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kenley, updated 20 October 2026.