Kensington
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-zing-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
Kensington is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “farm of Cynesige's people”. In 2025 it ranked 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
What does Kensington mean?
English: from the London district, an Old English place name
“farm of Cynesige's people”
From the London district of Kensington, home to Kensington Palace.
Is Kensington a girl's or a boy's name?
Kensington is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kensington in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,822nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Kensington, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,552nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 278 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer girls named Kensington than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Kensington in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were given Kensington or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,054, up from #2,822 for this spelling alone.
- Kensington 60
- Kenzington 15
Kensington in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,362 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,757 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,510 |
| 2021 | 99 | #1,971 |
| 2020 | 136 | #1,552 |
| 2019 | 171 | #1,332 |
| 2018 | 211 | #1,150 |
| 2017 | 241 | #1,065 |
| 2016 | 264 | #999 |
| 2015 | 278 | #972 |
| 2014 | 230 | #1,107 |
| 2013 | 224 | #1,093 |
| 2012 | 152 | #1,485 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,758 |
| 2010 | 114 | #1,794 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,567 |
| 2008 | 53 | #3,157 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,214 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
Nicknames for Kensington
Names like Kensington
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emerson, Addison, Madisson, Leighton, Remington, Kinsley, Londyn, Lennon, Madison, Reign, Ellison, Adalynn
Other spellings of Kensington
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kensington: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kensington, updated 20 October 2026.