girls:
432 births since 2004
#5284 (8th percentile)
overall:
432 births since 2004
#7307 (6th percentile)
The name Kensli is the #7,307 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 432 recorded births since 2004. This represents the 5.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,284 (7.5% percentile) for all time with 432 births since 2004.
Kensli first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2004 (first recorded for girls in 2004). Birth data for Kensli is available in 17 out of the 20 years between 2004 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Kensli reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #905) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 33 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kensli ranks #935 for girls (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 29.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kensli".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kensli. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.0% confident that Kensli is pronounced as KEH-nzlee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEHN-slee, at 27.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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