Kynsey — girls' name
23 babies named Kynsey in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Kynsey was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Kynsey in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kynsey
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Kynsey between 2001 and 2011, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kynsey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kynsey performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kynsey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kynsey 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 23 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.
Kynsey at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kynsey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2001
- Peak year (2011)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
23 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 7 births in a single year.
Kynsey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 16 births that decade — 70% of Kynsey's all-time total
Kynsey decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kynsey's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.