Kenly
Recorded 1981–2025 · United States
Kenly was most popular in 2015, when 45 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,993 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 644 people named Kenly.
Kenly over time
How old is the name Kenly?
Kenly first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1981, which makes it about 44 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 31 of the 45 years since.
How many people are named Kenly?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 644 American births named Kenly between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 638 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Kenly in 2025?
14 American babies were named Kenly in 2025, ranking #12,918 that year.
Is Kenly getting more or less popular?
Kenly is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 16 births a year, against 38 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -59% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Kenly a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Kenly is mostly a girl’s name — 84.0% of the 644 Americans given it were girls and 16.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 83% girls and 17% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Kenly?
Roughly 638 Americans named Kenly are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 10 and 19. That is a narrow band because Kenly is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org