Kensley Girl
How popular is Kensley?
#741 girl name in 2025
367 baby girls were named Kensley in the US in 2025, making it the 741st most popular girl name. Another 16 boys got the name (#5,606 for boys).
Kensley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #741 for girls (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 367 girls, 16 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #638 in 2015, #454 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (738 girls) |
| Highest rank | #424 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1987 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 3% boys, 97% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kensley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kensley family of names ranked #423 for girls in 2025 (#408 the year before), with 721 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kensley | 367 | 51% |
| Kenzley | 80 | 11% |
| Kenzlee | 56 | 8% |
| Kenslee | 46 | 6% |
| Kenzleigh | 41 | 6% |
| Kensleigh | 34 | 5% |
| Kenzlie | 14 | 2% |
| Kensli | 13 | 2% |
| Kenslie | 22 | 3% |
| Kenzli | 19 | 3% |
| Kensly | 15 | 2% |
| Kenzly | 14 | 2% |
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 Kensley is most popular
Babies named Kensley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.5 per 1,000 (72 girls)
- Alabama: 1.1 per 1,000 (99 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.9 per 1,000 (82 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.7 per 1,000 (65 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.6 per 1,000 (100 girls)
Kensley by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kensley
Questions
- Is Kensley a boy or girl name?
- Kensley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 97% of babies named Kensley were girls.
- How popular is the name Kensley?
- 367 baby girls were named Kensley in the US in 2025, making it the 741st most popular girl name. Another 16 boys got the name (#5,606 for boys).
- When was Kensley most popular?
- Kensley peaked in 2018, when 738 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #424 in 2018.
- How many people are named Kensley?
- 9,285 babies have been named Kensley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,234 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Kensley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kensley was most common in Mississippi, at 1.5 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.