Kenley Girl
How popular is Kenley?
#1,631 girl name in 2025
127 baby girls were named Kenley in the US in 2025, making it the 1631st most popular girl name. Another 18 boys got the name (#5,207 for boys).
Kenley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,631 for girls (▼ 159 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 127 girls, 18 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-71% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #661 in 2015, #1,287 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (614 girls) |
| Highest rank | #494 in 2011 |
| First recorded | 1978 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 9% boys, 91% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kenley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kenley family of names ranked #864 for girls in 2025 (#810 the year before), with 262 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kenley | 127 | 48% |
| Kenleigh | 53 | 20% |
| Kenlee | 44 | 17% |
| Kenli | 11 | 4% |
| Kenly | 9 | 3% |
| Kenlie | 11 | 4% |
| Kennley | 7 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kenley is most popular
Babies named Kenley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Kenley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #6,188 |
| 1980s | 43 | #6,949 |
| 1990s | 230 | #2,435 |
| 2000s | 1,525 | #660 |
| 2010s | 4,594 | #494 |
| 2020s | 882 | #1,287 |
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Questions
- Is Kenley a boy or girl name?
- Kenley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 91% of babies named Kenley were girls.
- How popular is the name Kenley?
- 127 baby girls were named Kenley in the US in 2025, making it the 1631st most popular girl name. Another 18 boys got the name (#5,207 for boys).
- When was Kenley most popular?
- Kenley peaked in 2012, when 614 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #494 in 2011.
- How many people are named Kenley?
- 8,451 babies have been named Kenley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,305 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Kenley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kenley was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.