Kensey

First Name
874
in the U.S.
since 1880

Last Name
304
in the U.S.
in 2010

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Meaning and Origin

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K is for keen, your sense of honesty.

E is for expert, in your chosen career

N is for noteworthy, just like your achievements

S is for sensible, the practical side.

E is for endear, all those you touch.

Y is for yippee, and the things that inspire you to yell it

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born
1980	7	7	0
1981	7	7	0
1982	12	12	0
1983	7	7	0
1984	11	11	0
1985	11	11	0
1986	16	16	0
1987	22	22	0
1988	19	19	0
1989	19	19	0
1990	22	22	0
1991	17	17	0
1992	25	25	0
1993	21	21	0
1994	28	28	0
1995	31	31	0
1996	38	33	5
1997	17	17	0
1998	27	27	0
1999	18	18	0
2000	26	26	0
2001	34	34	0
2002	30	30	0
2003	28	28	0
2004	32	32	0
2005	20	20	0
2006	26	26	0
2007	38	38	0
2008	23	23	0
2009	29	29	0
2010	35	35	0
2011	28	28	0
2012	37	37	0
2013	25	25	0
2014	31	31	0
2015	19	19	0
2016	23	23	0
2017	15	15	0

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Kensey	U.S.
█	White	38.49%	64.26%
█	African American	53.95%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	0.00%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.00%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	5.26%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	0.00%	16.26%

Of Last Name Kensey

People with the last name Kensey are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Kensey

How Popular is the name Kensey? Kensey is the 11,497^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Kensey was the 65,244^th most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Kensey have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 874 babies born with the first name Kensey in the United States. That's more than enough people named Kensey to occupy the country of Vatican City with an estimated population of 800 (as of March 1, 2011).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Kensey? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1980 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
When was Kensey first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Kensey is Wednesday, November 11th, 1885.
What year had the most people named Kensey born? The highest recorded use of the first name Kensey was in 2007 with a total of 38 babies.
Random Kensey Factoid: According to the 1994 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Kensey is not a popular baby girl's name in Texas. Imagine that, only 5 babies in Texas have the same name as you in 1994.
Weird things about the name Kensey: Your name in reverse order is Yesnek. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Seneky. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Kensey? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 304 people with the last name Kensey.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Kensey? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Kensey as their last name since less than 1 person in 1.0m people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!

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Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau: Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000 (public domain).
U.S. Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names, Death Master File (public domain).