Kingston
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · #204 for boys in 2025, 1,725 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 3,410 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 46,406since 1919
Kingston over time
Rank among boys' names. Kingston has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #204 | 1,725 | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #176 | 2,094 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #142 | 2,534 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #126 | 2,922 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #112 | 3,410 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #117 | 3,182 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #117 | 3,295 |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | #117 | 3,383 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #132 | 3,087 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 | #132 | 3,149 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #142 | 2,971 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #158 | 2,602 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | #190 | 2,130 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | #210 | 1,778 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #228 | 1,579 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | #214 | 1,677 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #225 | 1,613 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #241 | 1,535 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #354 | 893 |
| 2006 | — | #926 | 204 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,603 | 85 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,051 | 58 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,428 | 43 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,943 | 31 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,797 | 33 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,736 | 33 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,865 | 29 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,092 | 25 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,502 | 32 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,406 | 20 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,290 | 14 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,813 | 15 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,521 | 13 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,698 | 8 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #5,619 | 6 | |
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| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,582 | 7 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
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| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
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| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
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| 1951 | — | #2,844 | 8 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,919 | 7 | |
| 1945 | — | #3,338 | 5 | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,133 | 6 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
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| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
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| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kingston! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kingston is popular in 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#11 · 1 in 143
- South Carolina#31 · 1 in 196
- Alabama#35 · 1 in 215
- Louisiana#35 · 1 in 227
- Arkansas#60 · 1 in 273
Best ever in a state: #7 in Mississippi, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #11 | 80 | 1 in 143 |
| South Carolina | #31 | 104 | 1 in 196 |
| Alabama | #35 | 102 | 1 in 215 |
| Louisiana | #35 | 90 | 1 in 227 |
| Arkansas | #60 | 46 | 1 in 273 |
| West Virginia | #61 | 28 | 1 in 231 |
| Georgia | #70 | 154 | 1 in 327 |
| Hawaii | #70 | 13 | 1 in 234 |
| Tennessee | #71 | 114 | 1 in 313 |
| Kentucky | #72 | 67 | 1 in 296 |
| Oklahoma | #92 | 46 | 1 in 381 |
| Indiana | #97 | 84 | 1 in 376 |
| Ohio | #110 | 120 | 1 in 437 |
| Nevada | #114 | 26 | 1 in 424 |
| North Carolina | #115 | 110 | 1 in 461 |
| Maryland | #116 | 49 | 1 in 474 |
| Virginia | #121 | 74 | 1 in 503 |
| Minnesota | #122 | 50 | 1 in 480 |
| Michigan | #123 | 86 | 1 in 467 |
| Kansas | #132 | 29 | 1 in 468 |
| Maine | #132 | 9 | 1 in 413 |
| Missouri | #141 | 53 | 1 in 507 |
| Rhode Island | #145 | 7 | 1 in 460 |
| South Dakota | #153 | 8 | 1 in 453 |
| Texas | #153 | 266 | 1 in 667 |
| Iowa | #154 | 25 | 1 in 534 |
| New Mexico | #156 | 12 | 1 in 520 |
| Montana | #163 | 7 | 1 in 481 |
| Idaho | #164 | 14 | 1 in 565 |
| Utah | #173 | 27 | 1 in 681 |
| Washington | #188 | 41 | 1 in 772 |
| Illinois | #189 | 65 | 1 in 772 |
| Florida | #190 | 117 | 1 in 805 |
| Oregon | #194 | 21 | 1 in 704 |
| Nebraska | #213 | 12 | 1 in 708 |
| New Hampshire | #228 | 5 | 1 in 863 |
| Wisconsin | #229 | 26 | 1 in 906 |
| North Dakota | #247 | 5 | 1 in 693 |
| Pennsylvania | #248 | 46 | 1 in 1,131 |
| Massachusetts | #263 | 23 | 1 in 1,187 |
| Arizona | #298 | 26 | 1 in 1,250 |
| California | #300 | 125 | 1 in 1,439 |
| Colorado | #303 | 20 | 1 in 1,241 |
| New Jersey | #305 | 29 | 1 in 1,392 |
| New York | #353 | 50 | 1 in 1,715 |
| Connecticut | #380 | 7 | 1 in 1,890 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kingston
- 28 spots since 2024 (#176 → #204)
- 87 spots since 2020 (#117 → #204)
- 62 spots since 2015 (#142 → #204)
- Biggest jump: 677 spots in 2006 (#1,603 → #926)
- Biggest drop: 34 spots in 2024 (#142 → #176)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 2021 at #112 (3,410 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 2006–2025
- Highest: 1 in 513 boys born in 2021 were named Kingston (0.19%)
- Latest: 1 in 990 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
- 55.3% of all boys named Kingston (25,651) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 9 | #2,986 (1921) | #2,986 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,534 (1938) | #3,649 |
| 1940s | 31 | #2,671 (1940) | #3,159 |
| 1950s | 19 | #2,844 (1951) | #3,372 |
| 1960s | 7 | #3,318 (1963) | #3,318 |
| 1970s | 28 | #3,857 (1978) | #4,682 |
| 1980s | 61 | #3,521 (1987) | #5,206 |
| 1990s | 190 | #2,502 (1997) | #3,784 |
| 2000s | 4,528 | #225 (2009) | #1,630 |
| 2010s | 25,651 | #117 (2018) | #164 |
| 2020s | 15,867 | #112 (2021) | #146 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Kingston in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 229,226 of them was named Kingston, which outranked 30.8% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,169Zylia8
- #11,169Zylynn8
- #11,169Zymeria8
- #12,197Kingston7
- #12,197Aalaysia7
- #12,197Aalina7
- #12,197Aamani7
- #13,462Aabha6
- #13,462Aadiya6
- #13,462Aalana6
Tied with 1,264 names at #12,197; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 675 of them was named Kingston, which outranked 99.0% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.