Kinley — #617 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kinley

The Social Security Administration has registered 19,544 babies named Kinley between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kinley currently holds the #617 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 1,750 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kinley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 13,349 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kinley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 2,214 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Kinley in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kinley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 19,544 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.