Kensie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Kensie is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “son of the handsome one”. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Kensie mean?
Scottish: spelling of Kenzie, from the surname Mackenzie
“son of the handsome one”
A short form of Mackenzie, the Scottish surname from Gaelic MacCoinnich 'son of Coinneach'.
Is Kensie a girl's or a boy's name?
Kensie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kensie in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 5 girls.
Kensie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Kensie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Kensie, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 80 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Kensie in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 468 girls in the US were given Kensie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #625, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
Kensie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 67 | #2,646 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,613 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,705 |
| 2012 | 80 | #2,336 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,694 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,975 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
Nicknames for Kensie
- Kens
Names like Kensie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Aoife Caoimhe Eden Maisie Kiara Isla Orla Maeve Ellie Indie Sienna
Other spellings of Kensie
Names related to Kensie
More Scottish names
Finley Logan Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Brody Carson Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas
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, “Kensie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kensie, updated 20 October 2026.