Fun Facts About the Name Kinzley
- More than 2 thousand babies named Kinzley: U.S. records list 2,770 babies given the name Kinzley from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kinzley Mean?
Kinzley is a spelling variant of the English name Kinsley, which is usually explained as 'king's meadow' or 'king's woodland clearing.' It comes from a place name in West Yorkshire, England, formed from Old English cyning 'king' and lēah 'woodland, clearing, meadow.'
Some accounts identify the first element not as the word for 'king' but as an Old English personal name such as Cyne or Cynesige, which would give a sense like 'Cyne's clearing.' The exact first element is uncertain. The z in Kinzley reflects the voiced sound of the s in Kinsley; it is not a separate root with its own meaning.
Kinzley Name History & Origins
Kinsley began as an English habitational surname, taken from the village of Kinsley in West Yorkshire. The surname originally identified a person from that village. Families bearing the surname Kinsley later settled in North America and other English-speaking countries.
In recent decades, Kinsley has also been used as a given name, following the broader fashion of adopting surnames as first names. Kinzley is a respelled version of that given name, with z replacing s to make the voiced sound explicit. The spelling is not the same as Kinsey or Kingsley, which are separate names.
How Popular is the Name Kinzley?
Kinzley has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2017. Its best rank was #1,123 in 2017.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,904 | 102 | 0.0063% |
| 2024 | #1,654 | 124 | 0.0077% |
| 2023 | #1,368 | 165 | 0.0103% |
| 2022 | #1,433 | 157 | 0.0096% |
| 2021 | #1,201 | 201 | 0.0123% |
| 2020 | #1,208 | 190 | 0.0118% |
| 2019 | #1,206 | 194 | 0.0116% |
| 2018 | #1,158 | 209 | 0.0123% |
| 2017 | #1,123 | 224 | 0.0130% |
| 2016 | #1,199 | 208 | 0.0117% |
| 2015 | #1,210 | 206 | 0.0115% |
| 2014 | #1,359 | 172 | 0.0096% |
| 2013 | #1,561 | 139 | 0.0079% |
| 2012 | #1,543 | 143 | 0.0081% |
| 2011 | #1,848 | 109 | 0.0062% |
| 2010 | #2,440 | 77 | 0.0043% |
| 2009 | #3,774 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2008 | #4,592 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2007 | #5,171 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2006 | #6,030 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #10,555 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #12,228 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #13,182 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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