Kynsley
Kynsley was the 3495th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2125th with 90 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 765 places. More babies were named Kynsley in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Kinsley) Cyne's clearing (place name) · Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #3,495 girls, down 1,131 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201890 babies
- Total since 1880
- 984babies recorded
What does the name Kynsley mean?
Kynsley is a spelling of Kinsley, pronounced the same way, so it shares Kinsley's meaning and origin.
Kinsley is an English surname from a place name, such as the village of Kinsley in West Yorkshire. Wiktionary analyses it as the Old English man's name Cyne, built on a word meaning 'royal', plus a possessive -s and leah, 'woodland clearing', so 'Cyne's clearing'. Wikipedia describes the girl's name as a transfer of the place name and surname, popular in the US since the 2000s. It is close in sound and form to Kingsley, which has a different first element, 'king'.
Cyne (Old English, “man's name ('royal')”)lēah (Old English, “woodland clearing”)
How sure is this? Probable. The leah element is certain; the personal-name first element is the dictionary analysis but not independently confirmed.
Related names: Kinslee, Kingsley, Kinzley.
See also: English names, names that mean meadow, hill or valley, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kinsley', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wikipedia, 'Kinsley (given name)', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Kynsley popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,495 | 44 |
| 2020 | #2,364 | 75 |
| 2010 | #5,036 | 28 |
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How popular is Kynsley, counting every spelling?
Kynsley is a spelling of Kinsley, a name family that ranked #91 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,495 for Kynsley on its own. Together these spellings went to 3,338 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinsley | 2,671 | #93 | 16,402 |
| Kinslee | 269 | #956 | 1,615 |
| Kinzley | 102 | #1,904 | 749 |
| Kynslee | 85 | #2,181 | 480 |
| Kinzlee | 72 | #2,473 | 416 |
| Kynzlee | 31 | #4,503 | 259 |
| Kynsley | 44 | #3,495 | 253 |
| Kynzley | 13 | #8,128 | 65 |
| Kynslie | 7 | #12,598 | 64 |
| Kinslie | 12 | #8,625 | 64 |
| Kynzlie | 5 | #16,227 | 44 |
| Kinzlie | 11 | #9,186 | 40 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kynsley?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kynsley (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Kynsley born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kynsley.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kynsley?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Kynsley are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 12. That makes Kynsley a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kynsley by state
How common Kynsley was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kynsley: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kynsley, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kynsley
What does Kynsley mean?
Kynsley is a spelling of Kinsley, which means “Cyne's clearing (place name)” (Old English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Kynsley?
Kynsley was the 3495th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2125th with 90 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 765 places. More babies were named Kynsley in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kynsley a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Kynsley in the US.
Where is Kynsley most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kynsley was most common in Alabama (0.11 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and Louisiana.