King Boy
How popular is King?
#405 boy name in 2025
786 baby boys were named King in the US in 2025, making it the 405th most popular boy name.
King popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #405 for boys (▼ 63 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 786 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-69% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #163 in 2015, #171 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (2,696 boys) |
| Highest rank | #147 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
King counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the King family of names ranked #369 for boys in 2025 (#304 the year before), with 884 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| King | 786 | 89% |
| Kyng | 98 | 11% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where King is most popular
Babies named King per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 2.9 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- Georgia: 1.9 per 1,000 (482 boys)
- South Carolina: 1.8 per 1,000 (181 boys)
- Mississippi: 1.7 per 1,000 (99 boys)
- Nevada: 1.6 per 1,000 (89 boys)
King by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 229 | #325 |
| 1890s | 233 | #327 |
| 1900s | 277 | #366 |
| 1910s | 795 | #376 |
| 1920s | 998 | #585 |
| 1930s | 801 | #622 |
| 1940s | 818 | #615 |
| 1950s | 708 | #720 |
| 1960s | 454 | #867 |
| 1970s | 316 | #1,307 |
| 1980s | 335 | #1,263 |
| 1990s | 439 | #1,697 |
| 2000s | 1,950 | #461 |
| 2010s | 20,440 | #147 |
| 2020s | 9,057 | #171 |
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Questions
- Is King a boy or girl name?
- King is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named King were boys.
- How popular is the name King?
- 786 baby boys were named King in the US in 2025, making it the 405th most popular boy name.
- When was King most popular?
- King peaked in 2017, when 2,696 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #147 in 2017.
- How many people are named King?
- 37,890 babies have been named King in the US since 1880. We estimate about 33,707 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is King most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, King was most common in District of Columbia, at 2.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.