Kinsey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KIN-zee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,067 for girls
Kinsey is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “royal victory”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,067th for girls in the US (53 babies).
What does Kinsey mean?
English: English surname from Old English Cynesige
“royal victory”
From an English surname based on the Old English personal name Cynesige, 'royal victory'.
Is Kinsey a girl's or a boy's name?
Kinsey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 53 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kinsey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Kinsey, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kinsey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Kinsey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Kinsey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,067among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were named Kinsey, making it the 3,067th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,818th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 313 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kinsey than any year since 1982.
Half of all the girls named Kinsey in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were given Kinsey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,009, up from #3,067 for this spelling alone.
- Kinsey 53
- Kinzie 25
Kinsey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #3,067 |
| 2024 | 76 | #2,389 |
| 2023 | 103 | #1,922 |
| 2022 | 125 | #1,677 |
| 2021 | 96 | #2,007 |
| 2020 | 108 | #1,818 |
| 2019 | 82 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 138 | #1,568 |
| 2017 | 138 | #1,580 |
| 2016 | 171 | #1,371 |
| 2015 | 173 | #1,366 |
| 2014 | 228 | #1,112 |
| 2013 | 241 | #1,034 |
| 2012 | 248 | #1,018 |
| 2011 | 313 | #842 |
| 2010 | 269 | #951 |
| 2009 | 250 | #1,040 |
| 2008 | 242 | #1,080 |
| 2007 | 285 | #951 |
| 2006 | 294 | #903 |
| 2005 | 250 | #979 |
| 2004 | 228 | #1,023 |
| 2003 | 234 | #983 |
| 2002 | 214 | #1,013 |
| 2001 | 265 | #860 |
| 2000 | 252 | #873 |
| 1999 | 242 | #883 |
| 1998 | 255 | #835 |
| 1997 | 181 | #1,052 |
| 1996 | 216 | #907 |
| 1995 | 197 | #950 |
| 1994 | 192 | #964 |
| 1993 | 188 | #981 |
| 1992 | 201 | #953 |
| 1991 | 170 | #1,062 |
| 1990 | 134 | #1,233 |
| 1989 | 92 | #1,537 |
| 1988 | 81 | #1,599 |
| 1987 | 82 | #1,544 |
| 1986 | 72 | #1,637 |
| 1985 | 66 | #1,726 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,726 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,608 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,150 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,734 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 37 | #2,477 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,680 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Kinsey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Riley Eden Kiara Keira Hailey Lainey Ocean Aubrey Lily Maeve Sydney Ivy
Other spellings of Kinsey
Names related to Kinsey
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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, “Kinsey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kinsey, updated 20 October 2026.