girls:
7.7k births since 1968
#1857 (68th percentile)
boys:
295 births since 1917
#4291 (6th percentile)
overall:
8k births since 1917
#3028 (61st percentile)
The name Kinsey is the #3,028 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,983 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 60.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,857 (67.5% percentile) for all time with 7,688 births since 1968. For boys, it ranks #4,291 (6.4% percentile) for all time with 295 births since 1917.
Kinsey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for boys and 1968 for girls). Birth data for Kinsey is available in 63 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (49 years for girls and 42 years for boys). 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 Kinsey has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.3% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1977, the name was more popular for boys (86.0% boys from 1917 to 1976), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (97.3% girls from 1977 to 2023).
For girls, Kinsey reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 32.3% percentile (ranked #637) with 162 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 162 births per million (ranked 32.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kinsey ranks #849 for girls (10.4% percentile) with 59 births per million, which is 36.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kinsey reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #682) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2015.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kinsey".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kinsey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.4% confident that Kinsey is pronounced as KIHN-zee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIHN-see, at 18.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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