girls:
2.8k births since 1997
#3270 (43rd percentile)
boys:
153 births since 2006
#4433 (3rd percentile)
overall:
3k births since 1997
#4980 (36th percentile)
The name Kensington is the #4,980 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,966 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 35.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,270 (42.8% percentile) for all time with 2,813 births since 1997. For boys, it ranks #4,433 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 153 births since 2006.
Kensington first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (1997 for girls and 2006 for boys).
The name Kensington has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 89.9% of babies named Kensington were girls.
For girls, Kensington reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 28.2% percentile (ranked #690) with 143 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 143 births per million (ranked 28.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kensington ranks #890 for girls (6.0% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 24.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kensington reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #900) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kensington ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 41.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kensington".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kensington. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 67.5% confident that Kensington is pronounced as KEHN-zihngt-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEHN-sihngt-uhn, at 17.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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