# Kinley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kinley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,313 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 354 / 19,959 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 88, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortened from McKinley.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,641 | 195 |
| 2012 | 1,750 | 180 |
| 2013 | 1,560 | 208 |
| 2014 | 1,619 | 209 |
| 2015 | 1,408 | 235 |
| 2016 | 1,248 | 254 |
| 2017 | 1,019 | 322 |
| 2018 | 984 | 331 |
| 2019 | 770 | 407 |
| 2020 | 707 | 434 |
| 2021 | 617 | 505 |
| 2022 | 593 | 526 |
| 2023 | 500 | 597 |
| 2024 | 485 | 618 |
| 2025 | 409 | 692 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | 8,705 |
| 2010 | 16 | 5,623 |
| 2011 | 25 | 4,054 |
| 2012 | 19 | 4,954 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,844 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,489 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,418 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,400 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,529 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,537 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,427 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,138 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,317 |
| 2022 | 5 | 13,450 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,618 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.