Kesley
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEZ-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Kesley is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
Where does Kesley come from?
English: probably a variant of Kelsey
Is Kesley a girl's or a boy's name?
Kesley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kesley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Kesley, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1990, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had more girls named Kesley than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Kesley in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1991, 86% of the babies named Kesley in the US were girls.
Kesley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
Names like Kesley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kenley Kinley Cassidy Teagan Riley Keeley Kennedy Bailey Kaitlyn Kinsley Ashley Brynn
Names related to Kesley
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Kesley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kesley, updated 20 October 2026.