Kinsey
About Kinsey
Kinsey enjoyed popularity blip thanks to similarity to Lindsay, and because of Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries heroine, Kinsey Millhone. Now, Kinsley has become more popular than Kinsey, perhaps because it's more distinct from Mackenzie offshoot, Kenzie.
Originally used as a surname, Kinsey comes from the Anglo-Saxon given name, Cynesige, which means "king's victory" or "royal victory". It may also be associated with American sexologist, Alfred Kinsey, remembered for creating the Kinsey scale.
Pronounced KIN-zee.
As of October 2026, Kinsey ranked #3086 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #835 in 1998.
Editor's take: The name Kinsey is a girl's name of English origin meaning "king's victory".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,119 | 227 | 127.1 |
| 2015 | #1,369 | 173 | 96.9 |
| 2016 | #1,376 | 171 | 96.5 |
| 2017 | #1,584 | 138 | 79.9 |
| 2018 | #1,571 | 138 | 81.1 |
| 2019 | #2,243 | 82 | 48.9 |
| 2020 | #1,825 | 108 | 66.8 |
| 2021 | #2,016 | 96 | 58.5 |
| 2022 | #1,677 | 125 | 76.2 |
| 2023 | #1,929 | 103 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | #2,391 | 76 | 46.9 |
| 2025 | #3,086 | 53 | 33 |
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Kinsey on lists
Famous Kinseys
- Kinsey Lea Schofield
American journalist and reality TV personality
- Kinsey Wilson
American male journalist and digital media executive
- Angela Kinsey
American actress
- Alfred Kinsey
American biologist and surveyor of human sexual behaviour
Kinsey in pop culture
- The Kinsey Scale
developed by Alfred Kinsey, a scale used to place where you sit in terms of your sexuality. 0 being completely heterosexual up to 6 being completely homosexual
- Kinsey Millhone
main character in Sue Grafton's "alphabet mystery" series
- "Kinsey
" British TV series about main characters Neil and Judy Kinsey
- "Kinsey
" film about Alfred Kinsey
- The surname comes from the medieval personal name Kynsey
a descendant of Old English Cynesige, literally "royal victory."