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Kensley

Kensley: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Ken's meadow”
Origin
English
Say it
KENZ-lee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (96% of all uses)

Modern surname-style name from an English place-name pattern, likely combining the personal name Ken with -ley 'meadow, clearing'. As a given name, it is modern in use.

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How popular is Kensley?

2024119 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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.

Babies named Kensley in 2024397

2024 rank#743 girls

Peak year2018

Total US babies since 18808,901

Kensley has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Kensley

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Kensley questions

What does the name Kensley mean?

Kensley means "Ken's meadow". It comes from English. Modern surname-style name from an English place-name pattern, likely combining the personal name Ken with -ley 'meadow, clearing'. As a given name, it is modern in use.

Is Kensley a boy or girl name?

Kensley is mainly a girl's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Kensley?

397 US babies were named Kensley in 2024. Its peak year was 2018.

How do you pronounce Kensley?

Kensley is usually pronounced KENZ-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.