NameTides

Kinley

Kinley was the #691 girls' name in the US in 2025 (409 babies), and #966 in Canada.

Kinley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Kinley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Kinley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#691 (409)——#966 (28)
2024#617 (485)#4,844 (4)—#753 (39)
2023#596 (500)#5,688 (3)—#1,044 (24)
2022#526 (593)#5,670 (3)#760 (3)#738 (37)
2021#505 (617)#4,634 (4)#792 (3)#746 (39)
2020#434 (707)#5,493 (3)—#576 (50)
2019#405 (770)——#448 (73)
2018#331 (984)——#458 (71)
2017#322 (1,019)#5,765 (3)—#485 (67)
2016#254 (1,248)——#337 (101)
2015#235 (1,408)——#292 (114)
2014#209 (1,619)#4,684 (4)—#340 (99)
2013#208 (1,560)#4,050 (5)—#303 (108)
2012#180 (1,750)#4,838 (4)—#370 (87)
2011#195 (1,641)#4,049 (5)—#385 (84)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2012 at #180.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 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 3,900uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Kinley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,900 to 1 in 4,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kinley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #364WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #540MNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: #1,061MINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #305INOhio: #592OHPennsylvania: #689PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,409CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #497CONebraska: #296NEMissouri: #277MOKentucky: #383KYWest Virginia: #181WVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #361KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #479TNNorth Carolina: #684NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #481ALGeorgia: #581GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #861TXFlorida: #912FL
Kinley (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#78315

Kinley (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KinleyCanadaGirls#96628
KinleyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KinleyEngland & WalesBoys#2,9527
KinleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KinleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KinleyScotlandGirls—too few
KinleyUSGirls#691409
KinleyUSBoys—too few