Kinsley
Kinsley is a given name of English origin that is a transferred use of an English place name and surname.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Kinsley
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kinsley is a given name of English origin that is a transferred use of an English place name and surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Kinsley
Kinsley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1978, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2017: 4,051 births, good for #59 nationwide. About 50% of every Kinsley on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kinsley ranks #88 for baby girls with 2,806 births, falling sharply (-19%). All told, over 53K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kinsley
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About the name Kinsley
Kinsley is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 53K births in the dataset. Kinsley's peak popularity came in 2017 when it ranked #57. Use the chart and map above to compare Kinsley's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.