Kinley Girl
How popular is Kinley?
#691 girl name in 2025
409 baby girls were named Kinley in the US in 2025, making it the 691st most popular girl name.
Kinley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #691 for girls (▼ 74 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 409 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-71% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #235 in 2015, #434 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (1,750 girls) |
| Highest rank | #180 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1979 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kinley counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kinley family of names ranked #410 for girls in 2025 (#376 the year before), with 756 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kinley | 409 | 54% |
| Kynlee | 156 | 21% |
| Kinlee | 71 | 9% |
| Kynleigh | 35 | 5% |
| Kinleigh | 46 | 6% |
| Kynley | 7 | 1% |
| Kynlie | 8 | 1% |
| Kinnley | 14 | 2% |
| Kynli | 10 | 1% |
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 Kinley is most popular
Babies named Kinley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 1.9 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Iowa: 1.2 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- South Dakota: 1.1 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- West Virginia: 1.1 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.0 per 1,000 (47 girls)
Kinley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1980s | 42 | #6,661 |
| 1990s | 353 | #1,429 |
| 2000s | 2,897 | #453 |
| 2010s | 13,351 | #180 |
| 2020s | 3,311 | #434 |
Girl names about as popular as Kinley
Questions
- Is Kinley a boy or girl name?
- Kinley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Kinley were girls.
- How popular is the name Kinley?
- 409 baby girls were named Kinley in the US in 2025, making it the 691st most popular girl name.
- When was Kinley most popular?
- Kinley peaked in 2012, when 1,750 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #180 in 2012.
- How many people are named Kinley?
- 20,313 babies have been named Kinley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 20,155 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Kinley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kinley was most common in Alaska, at 1.9 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.