Kingston
Kingston is ranked 178th among boys in 2024 (2,081 births). Its best rank was 112th, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #178down 36 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,0810.12% of boys
- Peak year
- 20213,404 births
- Best rank
- #112in 2021
- Since 1919
- 44,628people given the name
The story in the numbers
44,628 boys have been named Kingston in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 3,404 births — 0.19% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 57%. It has spent 19 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kingston | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 9 | |
| 1930s | 10 | |
| 1940s | 31 | |
| 1950s | 19 | |
| 1960s | 7 | |
| 1970s | 28 | |
| 1980s | 61 | |
| 1990s | 190 | |
| 2000s | 4,526 | |
| 2010s | 25,633 | |
| 2020s | 14,109 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Kingston was the 112th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Kingston
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Xaidenpeak 2019
- Caysonpeak 2016
- Henrikpeak 2018
- Fynnpeak 2022
- Paxpeak 2024
- Finnpeak 2017
- Dashpeak 2017
- Joziahpeak 2019
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.