Kinley

What Kinley means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kinley yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #235 in 2015, #691 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kinley?

US: Falling: down from #235 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2012, when 1,750 girls got the name (#180 that year). First in the US records in 1979.

How common

• About 1 in 3,930 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.77 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls), NE (0.99 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Kinley is #691 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kinley were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kynlee156 US
• Kenley127 US
• Kinlee71 US
• Quinley48 US
• Conley46 US
• Kenlee44 US
• Kinnley14 US
• Kynlei9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kinley

Girls

• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Mckinley#712Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1978, with 5 babies
• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies

For a brother

• Cason#846“house”^*
• Bryson#152Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #152 vs #1,066 in 2025
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Camden#205“enclosure + valley”^*
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Parker#102From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kinley’s. Rank is US 2025.