Kensly
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KENZ-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Kensly is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Kensly mean?
English: spelling of Kenslee; respelling of Kensley or Kinsley, English surnames from place names
Kinsley began as an English surname from a place name ending in Old English leah 'woodland clearing'.
Meaning borrowed from Kenslee.
Is Kensly a girl's or a boy's name?
Kensly is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Kensly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Kensly, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006. 7 boys were also named Kensly in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Kensly in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 741 girls in the US were given Kensly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #439, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Kensly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
Nicknames for Kensly
- Kenz 11 girls in the US in 2025
Names like Kensly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kenley, Brynlee, Briar, Keiry, Kinley, Teagan, Blakely, Sevyn, Kennedy, Braelynn, Rynlee, Kinsley
Other spellings of Kensly
Kensley, Kenzley, Kenzlee, Kenslee, Kenzleigh, Kensleigh, Kenslie, Kenzli, Kenslei, Kenzlie, Kenzly
Names related to Kensly
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, “Kensly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kensly, updated 20 October 2026.