Kensington Girl
How popular is Kensington?
#2,822 girl name in 2025
60 baby girls were named Kensington in the US in 2025, making it the 2822nd most popular girl name.
Kensington popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,822 for girls (▼ 460 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 60 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-78% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #972 in 2015, #1,552 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (278 girls) |
| Highest rank | #972 in 2015 |
| First recorded | 1997 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 6% boys, 94% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kensington counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kensington family of names ranked #1,865 for girls in 2025 (#1,770 the year before), with 75 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 60 | 80% |
| Kenzington | 15 | 20% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kensington is most popular
Babies named Kensington per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Colorado: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (40 girls)
Kensington by decade
Girl names about as popular as Kensington
Questions
- Is Kensington a boy or girl name?
- Kensington is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 94% of babies named Kensington were girls.
- How popular is the name Kensington?
- 60 baby girls were named Kensington in the US in 2025, making it the 2822nd most popular girl name.
- When was Kensington most popular?
- Kensington peaked in 2015, when 278 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #972 in 2015.
- How many people are named Kensington?
- 3,112 babies have been named Kensington in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,094 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Kensington most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kensington was most common in Michigan, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.