Kinsey

#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births · Last seen for boys in 2015 at #12,086
Given to girls 96.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 255 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,818
since 1968

Kinsey over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kinsey has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #835, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,06753
2024#2,38976
2023#1,922103
2022#1,677125
2021#2,00796
2020#1,818108
2019#2,23182
2018#1,568138
2017#1,580138
2016#1,371171
2015#1,366173#12,0865
2014#1,112228
2013#1,034241
2012#1,018248
2011#842313#10,8086
2010#951269#7,08711
2009#1,040250#8,3109
2008#1,080242#9,8717
2007#951285#9,7887
2006#903294
2005#979250#10,1516
2004#1,023228#9,9486
2003#984234
2002#1,014214
2001#860265#9,2436
2000#874252#5,92011
1999#884242
1998#835255
1997#1,053181#8,1106
1996#908216
1995#953197#8,8685
1994#965192#6,3728
1993#983188#5,36010
1992#955201#8,4355
1991#1,065170#8,2365
1990#1,237134#7,1786
1989#1,54092#4,81110
1988#1,60081#7,2705
1987#1,54582#4,5739
1986#1,63872
1985#1,72766#5,1477
1984#1,72663#4,2159
1983#1,60869#3,88410
1982#2,15047#3,10814
1981#1,73465#3,41212
1980#2,53737
1979#2,47737#6,0565
1978#2,68031#3,8579
1977#5,53211#5,1236
1976#6,6118
1975#3,9418
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1970#4,7245
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1968#7,0165
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1966#3,9485
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1959#3,9885
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1955#3,8865
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1953#3,1437
1952#3,0957
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1924#3,8676
1923#4,2395
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1918#3,7286
1917#3,5456
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Kinsey! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kinsey is popular in 2002

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNHWashington: #687 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,059 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedIDMontana: #140 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 458 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedILWisconsin: #709 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,973 girlsWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedRIOregon: #526 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,671 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedIAIndiana: #581 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,587 girlsINOhio: #634 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,477 girlsOHPennsylvania: #813 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,140 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,848 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 18,561 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNEMissouri: #787 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,583 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedARTennessee: #512 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,002 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #816 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,430 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #608 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,301 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #443 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,076 girlsOKLouisiana: #626 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,420 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedALGeorgia: #839 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,379 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kinsey, so not publishedHITexas: #1,101 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 7,797 girlsTXFlorida: #1,036 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,702 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#140 · 1 in 458
  2. Oklahoma#443 · 1 in 2,076
  3. Tennessee#512 · 1 in 3,002
  4. Oregon#526 · 1 in 2,671
  5. Indiana#581 · 1 in 3,587

Best ever in a state: #113 in Montana, 1998.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#14061 in 458
Oklahoma#44381 in 2,076
Tennessee#512101 in 3,002
Oregon#52661 in 2,671
Indiana#58191 in 3,587
South Carolina#60851 in 3,301
Louisiana#62661 in 3,420
Ohio#634131 in 4,477
Washington#68771 in 4,059
Wisconsin#70951 in 4,973
Missouri#78751 in 5,583
Pennsylvania#81391 in 6,140
North Carolina#81681 in 5,430
Georgia#83991 in 5,379
Florida#1,036101 in 7,702
Texas#1,101201 in 7,797
California#1,848121 in 18,561
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Kinsey
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 678 spots since 2024 (#2,389#3,067)
  • 1,249 spots since 2020 (#1,818#3,067)
  • 1,701 spots since 2015 (#1,366#3,067)
  • Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1998 (#1,053#835)
  • Biggest drop: 176 spots in 2012 (#842#1,018)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1998 at #835 (255 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1992–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,620
  • Highest: 1 in 5,620 girls born in 2011 were named Kinsey (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #835 in 1998, was only 1 in 6,929 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.2% of all girls named Kinsey (2,514) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#7,016 (1968)#7,016
1970s87#2,477 (1979)#4,325
1980s674#1,540 (1989)#1,781
1990s1,976#835 (1998)#984
2000s2,514#860 (2001)#971
2010s2,001#842 (2011)#1,307
2020s561#1,677 (2022)#2,147

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kinsey in 2002

girls
#1,014
214 births · 1 in 8,397 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #1,014Kinsey214
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 8,397 of them was named Kinsey, which outranked 94.4% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kinsey
  1. #1,008Tatianna217
  2. #1,012Kristy215
  3. #1,012Neha215
  4. #1,014Kinsey214
  5. #1,014Ada214
  6. #1,014Caleigh214
  7. #1,014Drew214
  8. #1,020Lourdes213
  9. #1,020Nathaly213
  10. #1,022Areli212

Tied with 5 names at #1,014; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. 1,168Cadence#2,126#958
  2. 949Lisbeth#1,573#624
  3. 710Ashanti#825#115
  4. 464Elle#1,076#612
  5. 412Nyla#865#453
Fallers
  1. 1,141Citlalli#609#1,750
  2. 748Nallely#772#1,520
  3. 617Dafne#967#1,584
  4. 582Beyonce#700#1,282
  5. 540Mikaila#928#1,468

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2002