A reliable meaning for Kinnley isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kinnley through the years
Babies since 1880
373
0 boys · 373 girls
Most popular year
2012
35 babies
2025
14
#7,695 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−47%
Cooling
Kinnley in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2002–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,695 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kinnley’s family of names
Kinnley may belong to the same name family as KINLEY. This is a tentative spelling connection.