Kinsey is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2011 and has since faded.
Kinsey is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,086 for girl births in the United States (and #5,441 across all names), given to 53 babies. Kinsey was first reported in SSA data in 1917 and peaked in 2011 (313 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | 53 | #3,086 | — |
| 2024 | 76 | 76 | #2,402 | — |
| 2023 | 103 | 103 | #1,930 | — |
| 2022 | 125 | 125 | #1,680 | — |
| 2021 | 96 | 96 | #2,016 | — |
| 2020 | 108 | 108 | #1,828 | — |
| 2019 | 82 | 82 | #2,243 | — |
| 2018 | 138 | 138 | #1,573 | — |
| 2017 | 138 | 138 | #1,585 | — |
| 2016 | 171 | 171 | #1,376 | — |
| 2015 | 178 | 178 | #1,369 | #13,154 |
| 2014 | 228 | 228 | #1,114 | — |
| 2013 | 241 | 241 | #1,036 | — |
| 2012 | 248 | 248 | #1,023 | — |
| 2011 | 319 | 319 | #843 | #11,642 |
| 2010 | 280 | 280 | #953 | #7,360 |
| 2009 | 259 | 259 | #1,044 | #8,706 |
| 2008 | 249 | 249 | #1,080 | #10,535 |
| 2007 | 292 | 292 | #956 | #10,399 |
| 2006 | 294 | 294 | #904 | — |
| 2005 | 256 | 256 | #980 | #10,862 |
| 2004 | 234 | 234 | #1,024 | #10,740 |
| 2003 | 234 | 234 | #988 | — |
| 2002 | 214 | 214 | #1,017 | — |
| 2001 | 271 | 271 | #863 | #9,986 |
| 2000 | 263 | 263 | #878 | #6,147 |
| 1999 | 242 | 242 | #884 | — |
| 1998 | 255 | 255 | #835 | — |
| 1997 | 187 | — | #1,054 | #8,769 |
| 1996 | 216 | — | #911 | — |
| 1995 | 202 | — | #954 | #9,658 |
| 1994 | 200 | — | #966 | #6,716 |
| 1993 | 198 | — | #985 | #5,594 |
| 1992 | 206 | — | #957 | #9,197 |
| 1991 | 175 | — | #1,067 | #8,961 |
| 1990 | 140 | — | #1,240 | #7,678 |
| 1989 | 102 | — | #1,545 | #5,016 |
| 1988 | 86 | — | #1,610 | #7,957 |
| 1987 | 91 | — | #1,551 | #4,771 |
| 1986 | 72 | — | #1,646 | — |
| 1985 | 73 | — | #1,734 | #5,477 |
| 1984 | 72 | — | #1,740 | #4,395 |
| 1983 | 79 | — | #1,617 | #4,026 |
| 1982 | 61 | — | #2,169 | #3,207 |
| 1981 | 77 | — | #1,743 | #3,520 |
| 1980 | 37 | — | #2,562 | — |
| 1979 | 42 | — | #2,505 | #6,580 |
| 1978 | 40 | — | #2,715 | #4,017 |
| 1977 | 17 | — | #5,682 | #5,518 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #6,927 | — |
| 1975 | 8 | — | — | #4,136 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | — | #5,110 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #7,568 | — |
| 1966 | 5 | — | — | #4,265 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,299 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | — | #4,144 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | — | #3,273 |
| 1952 | 7 | — | — | #3,243 |
| 1946 | 5 | — | — | #3,785 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | — | #3,795 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | — | #3,956 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | — | #4,122 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | — | #4,567 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | — | #3,948 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | — | #3,771 |