Kensington
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Kensington
Kensington is a place name with a number of referents; there are cities by the name in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the UK, and the US. As a girls' name, it entered the US Top 1000 in 2015, likely as a fresher way to get to nickname Kensie/Kenzie than Mackenzie, Mckenzie, or Makenzie.
Kensington for boys
A posh area of London, as well as being a section of Brooklyn, Kensington would make an overly formal, butlerish boy's name. There are several preferable paths to the nickname Ken, including KENYON, KENDALL and KENNEDY.
Pronounced KEN-sing-tun.
As of October 2026, Kensington ranked #2839 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #974 in 2015.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,108 | 230 | 128.8 |
| 2015 | #974 | 278 | 155.7 |
| 2016 | #1,001 | 264 | 149 |
| 2017 | #1,065 | 241 | 139.6 |
| 2018 | #1,154 | 211 | 124 |
| 2019 | #1,335 | 171 | 101.9 |
| 2020 | #1,555 | 136 | 84.1 |
| 2021 | #1,974 | 99 | 60.3 |
| 2022 | #2,518 | 71 | 43.3 |
| 2023 | #2,771 | 62 | 38.6 |
| 2024 | #2,389 | 76 | 46.9 |
| 2025 | #2,839 | 60 | 37.3 |
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