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Kinley

“Variant of McKinley” — Scottish Gaelic origin

Girl's name · #691 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Kinley has appeared in US records since 1979 — best rank #180 (2012) · 19,959 babies named Kinley all-time · 1 in 4,000 girls born in 2025.

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:

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

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