Kinley

“Variant of McKinley — from the Scottish surname, son of Fionnlagh, 'fair-haired hero'” — Scottish Gaelic origin

Girl's name · #692 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Kinley's best rank, #180, came in 2012; it has settled back to #692 today. Roughly 20,000 girls have been named Kinley since 1979. Together with its spelling variants Kynlee (#1401) and Kinlee (#2500), Kinley would rank around #481 with about 640 births last year — the newborns split about 64/25/11 across Kinley, Kynlee, and Kinlee.

Around the world: about 1 in 3,800 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Kinleys

Kinley McNicoll — Canadian association football player
Kinley Gibson — Canadian racing cyclist
Kinley Dowling — Canadian singer and musician
Kinley Cunningham — American actress (born 2010)

What Kinleys become

Among 26 notable people named Kinley:

Sports figures appear 2.92× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kinley Gibson, Canadian racing cyclist.

Similar names: Kynlee · Maci · Quincy · Brinley · Kenzie · Finnley

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