NameTides

Kensley

Kensley was the #741 girls' name in the US in 2025 (367 babies), and #2,282 in Canada.

Kensley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kensley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Kensley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#741 (367)—#2,282 (9)
2024#744 (378)—#2,259 (9)
2023#753 (374)—#1,419 (16)
2022#614 (485)—#1,727 (12)
2021#563 (544)#5,581 (3)#1,286 (19)
2020#454 (680)—#942 (28)
2019#477 (656)—#1,002 (26)
2018#424 (738)—#953 (28)
2017#480 (648)—#1,000 (26)
2016#523 (595)—#1,335 (18)
2015#638 (446)—#1,757 (12)
2014#606 (480)—#2,374 (8)
2013#634 (443)—#1,913 (11)
2012#729 (380)—#3,334 (5)
2011#829 (319)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #424.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kensley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 6,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kensley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #791WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #438MINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #743OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #573VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: #347SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #241LAMississippi: #242MSAlabama: #247ALGeorgia: #290GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #840TXFlorida: #825FL
Kensley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KensleyCanadaGirls#2,2829
KensleyCanadaBoys—too few
KensleyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KensleyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
KensleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KensleyUSGirls#741367
KensleyUSBoys#5,60816