Kingston Boy
How popular is Kingston?
#204 boy name in 2025
1,725 baby boys were named Kingston in the US in 2025, making it the 204th most popular boy name.
Kingston popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #204 for boys (▼ 28 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,725 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-42% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #142 in 2015, #117 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (3,410 boys) |
| Highest rank | #112 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1919 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kingston counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kingston family of names ranked #206 for boys in 2025 (#180 the year before), with 1,860 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kingston | 1,725 | 93% |
| Kyngston | 58 | 3% |
| Kingsten | 31 | 2% |
| Kingstyn | 34 | 2% |
| Kingstin | 12 | 1% |
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 Kingston is most popular
Babies named Kingston per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 6.9 per 1,000 (392 boys)
- South Carolina: 5.1 per 1,000 (527 boys)
- Alabama: 4.3 per 1,000 (467 boys)
- Louisiana: 4.2 per 1,000 (432 boys)
- Hawaii: 4.1 per 1,000 (63 boys)
Kingston by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1920s | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,533 |
| 1940s | 31 | #2,671 |
| 1950s | 19 | #2,843 |
| 1960s | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1970s | 28 | #3,855 |
| 1980s | 61 | #3,516 |
| 1990s | 190 | #2,498 |
| 2000s | 4,528 | #225 |
| 2010s | 25,651 | #117 |
| 2020s | 15,867 | #112 |
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Questions
- Is Kingston a boy or girl name?
- Kingston is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kingston were boys.
- How popular is the name Kingston?
- 1,725 baby boys were named Kingston in the US in 2025, making it the 204th most popular boy name.
- When was Kingston most popular?
- Kingston peaked in 2021, when 3,410 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #112 in 2021.
- How many people are named Kingston?
- 46,599 babies have been named Kingston in the US since 1880. We estimate about 46,253 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Kingston most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kingston was most common in Mississippi, at 6.9 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.