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Kinsey

#3,086 in 2025Girls' name

English surname transferred into given-name use

Kinsey has been given to 8,113 babies in the U.S. since 1968. In 2025 it ranked #3,086 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 313 recorded.

Babies named Kinsey, 2025

1 in 62,600

Kinsey over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kinsey: meaning, origin, and history

English surname transferred into given-name use

English surname transfer

What Kinsey means

Kinsey is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Kinsey is used in English (Modern).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɪn.zi/ for Kinsey.

The naming story behind Kinsey

Kinsey is a given name adopted from English surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,818 girls were recorded with the name Kinsey between 1968 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 313 in 2011; its best national rank was #835 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,828 in 2020 to #3,086 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,369 in 2015 to #3,086 in 2025.

In the United States, 295 boys were recorded with the name Kinsey between 1917 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1982; its best national rank was #3,206 in 1982.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Kinsey?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 62,600
53 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 30,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,086
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
43,358 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kinsey sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 43,358 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kinsey. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kinseys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kinsey was born before 2004 — so the typical Kinsey is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
32.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
61.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
7,818
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 32.2% of all recorded uses (2,514).

Is Kinsey rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−684
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,258
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,717
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.31×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
16.9%
Peak was 2011 (313)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#835
1998

Spellings of Kinsey

Kinsey is not the most common spelling — Lindsey is, with 29.3% against Kinsey's 1.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kinsey is used

Across 2016–2025, Kinsey was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 10,000 girls, against 1 in 20,854 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 10,000
  2. 2Kansas1 in 12,500
  3. 3Texas1 in 12,500
  4. 4Missouri1 in 14,286
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 14,286
  6. 6Virginia1 in 14,286
  7. 7Colorado1 in 20,000
  8. 8Indiana1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Kinsey around the world

Where Kinsey ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • France
    1999–2024
    #7,081
    in 2024
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1969–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Kinsey

People whose public names include Kinsey, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kinsey by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,086
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,258
Best rank ever
#835
1998
Peak year
2011
313 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,818
Count in 2025
53

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,206
1982
Peak year
1982
14 that year
First recorded
1917
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
295
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kinsey

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KindraKinleyKinleeKinsleeKinzieLinseyKinzleyJerseyKinzleeDaiseyRamseyKinsleyLyndseyKingsleyKinleighKindseyJoseyLynseyMaiseyKinaKinzaChelseyKaseyKinsleigh

Names with a curve like Kinsey

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kinsey, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

UniqueKarleyKeilaJaceyKalliKendalCarleeLizethShylaKarlieKarleeDenisse

Sibling names for Kinsey

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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