How Many People Are Named Kensley?

9,221

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

About 1 in 37,065 people in the US has this name

Based on 9,285 babies named Kensley in Social Security records from 1987 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,586

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,433

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Peak Year

2018

749 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
96.4%
Male
3.6%

Of the babies given the name Kensley, 96.4% were girls and 3.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kensley rose from 84.6% in the 1990s to 96.9% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Kensley alive today is about 9 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 12 in 2025.

Under 30 9,099
98.7%
30 to 59 122
1.3%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Kensley first appears in the records in 1987 and was given most often in 2018, to 749 babies. In 2025, 383 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1987 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Kensley has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #424, in 2018. In 2025 it ranked #742.

Girls
Rank in 2025#742
Best rank#424 (2018)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#601 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Kensley were born in Texas than in any other state: about 799 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kensley was given 5.5 times as often in Alabama, 4.6 times in Mississippi and 3.3 times in South Carolina.

Texas 799
Georgia 678
Alabama 583
Florida 514
North Carolina 496
Tennessee 439
Ohio 371
California 331
South Carolina 331
Louisiana 308
Mississippi 269
Michigan 238
Pennsylvania 234
Virginia 229
Kentucky 198
Missouri 179
New York 177
Illinois 177
Indiana 175
Arkansas 160
Maryland 142
Oklahoma 102
Wisconsin 95
Arizona 66
New Jersey 62
West Virginia 62
Washington 59
Minnesota 54
Massachusetts 49
Kansas 46
Iowa 40
Colorado 33
Oregon 21
Utah 17
Connecticut 12
North Dakota 11
Nebraska 11
South Dakota 10
Nevada 10
Idaho 5
New Mexico 5

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