Kinsey

Kinsey: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “king's island”
Origin: English
Say it: KIN-zee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls (96% of all uses)

Transferred from an English surname derived from a place name, usually explained from Old English cyning 'king' and eg 'island.' Also spelled Kinsie or Kenzie in modern use, though those have separate histories.

English names Names meaning royalty Names meaning water Surname-style names Modern names

How popular is Kinsey?

202423.0 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 Kinsey in 202476

2024 rank#2,381 girls

Peak year2011

Total US babies since 18808,059

Kinsey is fading: recent use is about 42% of its level ten years before.

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Kinsey questions

What does the name Kinsey mean?

Kinsey means "king's island". It comes from English. Transferred from an English surname derived from a place name, usually explained from Old English cyning 'king' and eg 'island.' Also spelled Kinsie or Kenzie in modern use, though those have separate histories.

Is Kinsey a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Kinsey?

76 US babies were named Kinsey in 2024. Its peak year was 2011.

How do you pronounce Kinsey?

Kinsey is usually pronounced KIN-zee.

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.