Recorded 1924–2025 · United States
Kenley was most popular in 2012, when 650 American babies were given the name — ranking #902 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,760, with 145 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 8,451 people named Kenley.
Kenley first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1924, which makes it about 101 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 75 of the 102 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 8,451 American births named Kenley between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 8,295 are estimated to be alive today.
145 American babies were named Kenley in 2025, ranking #2,760 that year.
Kenley is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 162 births a year, against 577 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -72% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Kenley is mostly a girl’s name — 86.3% of the 8,451 Americans given it were girls and 13.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 1994 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 91% girls and 9% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 8,295 Americans named Kenley are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 10 and 17. That is a narrow band because Kenley is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org