English place name, from cyning, "king", and leah, "clearing" — king's meadow. A modern surname name, first recorded in the American top 1000 in 2010.
Kinsley ranks 93rd among American girls in 2025, with 2,683 born that year. Its best year was 2017, when 4,066 babies were given the name, ranking 59th. The typical living American called Kinsley is about 8 years old today. It is relatively most common in West Virginia, where it accounts for 0.36% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.