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How popular is the name Kenley?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kenleys are alive today.
Kenley (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 3256th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. The name peaked in 2010, when 20 babies were given the name, the 1241st most popular that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2025 figure is roughly 30% of its peak.
The Kenley you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Kenleys born in England and Wales are between 8 and 16, and there are at least 170 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Kenley - on average, only one in every 1,783 such rooms contains a Kenley.
How many babies are named Kenley each year?
Where does Kenley rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Kenley most popular?
Kenley peaked in 2010, when 20 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Kenley?
At least 170 people named Kenley born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kenley?
Most living Kenleys are between 8 and 16; the most common age is about 16.
Is Kenley becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak.