girls:
7k births since 1978
#1959 (66th percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1924
#3474 (24th percentile)
overall:
8.1k births since 1924
#2998 (61st percentile)
The name Kenley is the #2,998 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,143 recorded births since 1924. This represents the 61.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,959 (65.7% percentile) for all time with 7,014 births since 1978. For boys, it ranks #3,474 (24.2% percentile) for all time with 1,129 births since 1924.
Kenley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1924 (1924 for boys and 1978 for girls). Birth data for Kenley is available in 73 out of the 100 years between 1924 and 2023 (73 years for boys and 42 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kenley has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 84.2% of babies named Kenley were girls. Interestingly, until around 1996, the name was more popular for boys (77.9% boys from 1924 to 1995), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (91.4% girls from 1996 to 2023).
For girls, Kenley reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 53.2% percentile (ranked #440) with 309 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 317 births per million (ranked 52.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kenley ranks #808 for girls (14.7% percentile) with 82 births per million, which is 26.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kenley reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #492) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kenley ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 54.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kenley".
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