Kenley

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kenley: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kenley: Recorded since 2008, its highest recorded position is #1,241, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
17years from first to last
#1241highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2012–2021

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2012	#4838
2017	#5765
2021	#5581

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 17 years from 2008 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2008–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #2507 among boys in England and Wales in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2024
Highest recorded position: #1241 among boys in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 2008–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kenley appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 2008, and has registered 146 births with the name.

Kenley across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kenley's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2507 (2008)	#1241 (2010)	#3688 (2024)	16 of 17	146 (2008–2024)	20 (2010)
England and Wales · Girls	#4838 (2012)	#4838 (2012)	#5581 (2021)	3 of 10	10 (2012–2021)	4 (2012)

Kenley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kenley in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	19	2 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	105	10 of 10	11
2020s	22	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kenley appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1241 in England and Wales in 2010.

Kenley's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1241	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2008 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,241, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 20 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
20births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Kennedy · #351, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Rithik · #1241, 16y
Serkan · #1241, 17y
Ezmai · #1240, 16y
Hooriya · #1240, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Rithik · #1241, 16y
Ezmai · #1240, 16y
Hooriya · #1240, 21y
Alyan · #1236, 16y

Kenley and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kenley without appearing here.

Kenley moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #4789.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #2276 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #3227.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4107 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Kenley

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Gunnar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2488 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #1860.
Rodney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2488 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Anders Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2488 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2301.

Moved the opposite way to Kenley

Aksel Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenley went from #2507 to #3688 while Aksel went from #3158 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenley went from #2507 to #3688 while Albie went from #341 to #19.
Archie Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenley went from #2507 to #3688 while Archie went from #31 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenley went from #2507 to #3688 while Arlo went from #567 to #15.

Moved the same way as Kenley

Aaron Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenley went from #2507 to #3688 and Aaron from #55 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenley went from #2507 to #3688 and Alan from #226 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenley went from #2507 to #3688 and Alex from #47 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kenley went from #2507 to #3688 and Alexander from #19 to #36.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2008 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1241 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kenley

Kenley at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kenley across 2 official records

Kenley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kenley appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Kenley and the names beside it

Kenley moved ahead of

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Kenley at a glance

Kenley across 2 official records

Kenley by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kenley appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Kenley and the names beside it

Kenley moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kenley

Moved the opposite way to Kenley

Moved the same way as Kenley