Girls' name · since 1978
Kinsley
50,016 babies named Kinsley in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #586 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #93 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 50,016
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
50,016 babies have been named Kinsley since 1978, making it today's #93 girls' name.
Kinsley has 50,016 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #93 as of the latest data, more common than 99.5% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #586 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #93 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 50,016 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kinsley ranks #586 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #93 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 50,016 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #586 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #93 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 50,016
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kinsley's 50,016 recorded births place it above 99.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kinsley compares
50,016 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kinsley's all-time total is 133x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kinsley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 50,016 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 4,053 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kinsley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kinsley splits its recorded history at 2002: 98% of all births land in the more recent half, 2% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1981 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 4,053 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kinsley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 4,053
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Kinsley popularity over time - boys
227 total births recorded since 1981 (Kinsley as boys' name)
Kinsley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (26,306 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Kinsley's strongest decade.
26,306 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Kinsley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s 110
1980s
110 births
- 1990s 425
1990s
425 births
- 2000s 2,985
2000s
2,985 births
- 2010s
2010s
26,306 births
- 2020s
2020s
20,182 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 26,306 births (53% of all-time use).
How Kinsley compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kinsley's total volume
Kinsley by state
Where Kinsley concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,384 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 2,571 | 5.1% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 2,431 | 4.9% |
| #4 | California | | 2,429 | 4.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 2,371 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 2,275 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 1,926 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,747 | 3.5% |
4,384 of 50,016 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Kinsley appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kinsley's data
- Kinsley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (26,306 total births) through the 2020s (20,182) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Kinsleys (4,384 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kinsley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kinsley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.