Kensley
Girl · KENZ-lee · Modern
Kensley is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 741st for girls in the US (367 babies).
Where does Kensley come from?
Modern: variant of Kinsley, or Ken with the -sley ending
- Say it
- KENZ-lee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kensley a girl's or a boy's name?
Kensley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 367 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Kensley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #741among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 367about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 367 girls in the US were named Kensley, making it the 741st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 454th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 738 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987. 16 boys were also named Kensley in 2025 (5,606th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Kensley than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Kensley in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 741 girls in the US were given Kensley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #439, up from #741 for this spelling alone.
Kensley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 367 | #741 |
| 2024 | 378 | #744 |
| 2023 | 374 | #753 |
| 2022 | 485 | #614 |
| 2021 | 544 | #563 |
| 2020 | 680 | #454 |
| 2019 | 656 | #477 |
| 2018 | 738 | #424 |
| 2017 | 648 | #480 |
| 2016 | 595 | #523 |
| 2015 | 446 | #638 |
| 2014 | 480 | #606 |
| 2013 | 443 | #634 |
| 2012 | 380 | #729 |
| 2011 | 319 | #829 |
| 2010 | 240 | #1,042 |
| 2009 | 184 | #1,314 |
| 2008 | 173 | #1,381 |
| 2007 | 131 | #1,679 |
| 2006 | 81 | #2,328 |
| 2005 | 66 | #2,576 |
| 2004 | 75 | #2,306 |
| 2003 | 67 | #2,436 |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,328 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,221 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
Nicknames for Kensley
- Kenzie 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kensley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kinley Brynlee Finley Braelynn Teagan Kinsley Kennedy Lainey Raelynn Briar Brylee Rowan
Other spellings of Kensley
Kenzley Kenzlee Kenslee Kenzleigh Kensleigh Kenslie Kenzli Kenslei Kensly Kenzlie Kenzly
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