girls:
19.1k births since 1979
#1063 (81st percentile)
boys:
354 births since 1917
#4232 (8th percentile)
overall:
19.4k births since 1917
#1844 (76th percentile)
The name Kinley is the #1,844 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 19,410 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 76.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,063 (81.4% percentile) for all time with 19,056 births since 1979. For boys, it ranks #4,232 (7.7% percentile) for all time with 354 births since 1917.
Kinley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1979 for girls). Birth data for Kinley is available in 52 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (43 years for boys and 40 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 Kinley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.2% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1979, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1917 to 1978), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (98.5% girls from 1979 to 2023).
For girls, Kinley reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 81.5% percentile (ranked #174) with 902 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 902 births per million (ranked 81.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kinley ranks #509 for girls (46.3% percentile) with 285 births per million, which is 31.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kinley reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #861) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kinley ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 26.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kinley".
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