How Many People Are Named Kenley?

8,294

people named Kenley are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 41,208 people in the US has this name

Based on 8,451 babies named Kenley in Social Security records from 1924 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,769

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,543

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Peak Year

2012

650 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
87.2%
Male
12.8%

Of the babies given the name Kenley, 87.2% were girls and 12.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kenley rose from 10.3% in the 1970s to 87.6% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kenley alive today is about 14 years old, and 94% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 16 in 2025.

Under 30 7,771
93.7%
30 to 59 461
5.6%
60 and over 62
0.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kenley first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 2012, to 650 babies. In 2025, 145 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Kenley has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #494, in 2011. In 2025 it ranked #1,638. Among boys, its best rank was #1,264, in 1935.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#1,638#5,312
Best rank#494 (2011)#1,264 (1935)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#626 in the 2010s#3,798 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Kenley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Kenley were born in Texas than in any other state: about 659 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kenley was given 5 times as often in North Dakota, 2.5 times in Alabama and 2.4 times in Arkansas.

Texas 659
Florida 355
California 337
North Carolina 324
Ohio 322
Georgia 271
Pennsylvania 265
Virginia 221
Tennessee 217
Alabama 199
Indiana 199
Minnesota 187
Kentucky 184
Wisconsin 180
Illinois 168
Missouri 149
New York 137
Michigan 131
Louisiana 127
Utah 125
Iowa 119
South Carolina 115
Arkansas 113
Maryland 102
Oklahoma 93
Washington 89
Nebraska 77
Colorado 68
North Dakota 61
Mississippi 56
Arizona 56
Oregon 53
New Jersey 49
Kansas 44
West Virginia 42
Massachusetts 28
South Dakota 26
Idaho 21

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