Kenley

Kenley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “king's meadow”
Origin: English
Say it: KEN-lee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls (86% of all uses)

Transferred from an English surname and place name, from Old English elements usually interpreted as cyne 'royal, king' and leah 'woodland clearing, meadow'.

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How popular is Kenley?

202448.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Kenley in 2024161

2024 rank#1,471 girls

Peak year2012

Total US babies since 18808,306

Kenley is fading: recent use is about 31% of its level ten years before.

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Kenley questions

What does the name Kenley mean?

Kenley means "king's meadow". It comes from English. Transferred from an English surname and place name, from Old English elements usually interpreted as cyne 'royal, king' and leah 'woodland clearing, meadow'.

Is Kenley a boy or girl name?

Kenley is mainly a girl's name in US records (86% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kenley?

161 US babies were named Kenley in 2024. Its peak year was 2012.

How do you pronounce Kenley?

Kenley is usually pronounced KEN-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.