Kinsey
#1,842 most common girls' name of all time · #3,170 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1917–2025
Rank among girls
#1,842
Rank overall
#3,170 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
8,113
Since 2016
1,090
Peak year
2011 #843
Best rank
#836 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 319/yr
Kinsey first appears in 1917. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2024 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,394 |
| 2023 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,925 |
| 2022 | 125 | — | 125 | #1,678 |
| 2021 | 96 | — | 96 | #2,012 |
| 2020 | 108 | — | 108 | #1,821 |
| 2019 | 82 | — | 82 | #2,236 |
| 2018 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,568 |
| 2017 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,583 |
| 2016 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,374 |
| 2015 | 173 | 5 | 178 | #1,368 |
| 2014 | 228 | — | 228 | #1,113 |
| 2013 | 241 | — | 241 | #1,035 |
| 2012 | 248 | — | 248 | #1,019 |
| 2011 | 313 | 6 | 319 | #843 |
| 2010 | 269 | 11 | 280 | #952 |
| 2009 | 250 | 9 | 259 | #1,040 |
| 2008 | 242 | 7 | 249 | #1,082 |
| 2007 | 285 | 7 | 292 | #953 |
| 2006 | 294 | — | 294 | #904 |
| 2005 | 250 | 6 | 256 | #980 |
| 2004 | 228 | 6 | 234 | #1,024 |
| 2003 | 234 | — | 234 | #985 |
| 2002 | 214 | — | 214 | #1,017 |
| 2001 | 265 | 6 | 271 | #862 |
| 2000 | 252 | 11 | 263 | #875 |
| 1999 | 242 | — | 242 | #885 |
| 1998 | 255 | — | 255 | #836 |
| 1997 | 181 | 6 | 187 | #1,054 |
| 1996 | 216 | — | 216 | #909 |
| 1995 | 197 | 5 | 202 | #957 |
| 1994 | 192 | 8 | 200 | #969 |
| 1993 | 188 | 10 | 198 | #985 |
| 1992 | 201 | 5 | 206 | #957 |
| 1991 | 170 | 5 | 175 | #1,067 |
| 1990 | 134 | 6 | 140 | #1,237 |
| 1989 | 92 | 10 | 102 | #1,543 |
| 1988 | 81 | 5 | 86 | #1,607 |
| 1987 | 82 | 9 | 91 | #1,549 |
| 1986 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,643 |
| 1985 | 66 | 7 | 73 | #1,731 |
| 1984 | 63 | 9 | 72 | #1,735 |
| 1983 | 69 | 10 | 79 | #1,617 |
| 1982 | 47 | 14 | 61 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 65 | 12 | 77 | #1,740 |
| 1980 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,562 |
| 1979 | 37 | 5 | 42 | #2,494 |
| 1978 | 31 | 9 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 1977 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #5,611 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,751 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,285 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1955 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | — |