Is Kensey a boy or girl name?

Kensey is a girl’s name. Of the 925 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.

Kensey

Recorded 1980–2024 · United States

Kensey was most popular in 1996, when 38 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,117 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 925 people named Kensey.

Kensey over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kensey’s peak in 1996. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kensey a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kensey is a girl’s name — 99.5% of the 925 Americans given it were girls and 0.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org