Kinsley
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- KINZ-lee
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #93 for girls
Kinsley is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 93rd for girls in the US (2,671 babies).
What does Kinsley mean?
English: English surname and place name
From an English surname and place name, now used for girls as a variant of Kingsley.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kinsley a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kinsley has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 2,671 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Kinsley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Kinsley, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kinsley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 77% of the babies named Kinsley in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Kinsley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 2 | #7,531 |
How popular is Kinsley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #93among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,671about 1 in 600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.3%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,671 girls in the US were named Kinsley, making it the 93rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 59th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 4,053 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978. 12 boys were also named Kinsley in 2025 (6,799th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Kinsley than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Kinsley in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,522 girls in the US were given Kinsley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #82, up from #93 for this spelling alone.
Kinsley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,671 | #93 |
| 2024 | 2,937 | #85 |
| 2023 | 3,204 | #67 |
| 2022 | 3,705 | #61 |
| 2021 | 3,885 | #57 |
| 2020 | 3,780 | #59 |
| 2019 | 3,510 | #74 |
| 2018 | 3,881 | #63 |
| 2017 | 4,053 | #59 |
| 2016 | 3,378 | #86 |
| 2015 | 2,788 | #113 |
| 2014 | 2,448 | #131 |
| 2013 | 1,981 | #161 |
| 2012 | 1,760 | #179 |
| 2011 | 1,461 | #218 |
| 2010 | 1,046 | #307 |
| 2009 | 743 | #428 |
| 2008 | 547 | #562 |
| 2007 | 386 | #757 |
| 2006 | 301 | #881 |
| 2005 | 262 | #945 |
| 2004 | 186 | #1,200 |
| 2003 | 170 | #1,234 |
| 2002 | 150 | #1,302 |
| 2001 | 130 | #1,443 |
| 2000 | 110 | #1,600 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,937 |
| 1998 | 63 | #2,241 |
| 1997 | 71 | #1,999 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 43 | #2,783 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
Names like Kinsley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Riley Harper Willow Lainey Ivy Eden Paisley Aubrey Lily Poppy Hailey Harley
Other spellings of Kinsley
Kinslee Kinsleigh Kinzley Kynslee Kinzlee Kynsley Kynzlee Kinzleigh Kynsleigh Kynzley Kinslie
Names related to Kinsley
More English names
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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, “Kinsley: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kinsley, updated 20 October 2026.