Kingsley
Kingsley is ranked 984th among boys in 2024 (228 births). Its best rank was 584th, in 2016.
- Rank in 2024
- #984down 134 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2280.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2016473 births
- Best rank
- #584in 2016
- Since 1907
- 8,548people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,506 boys have been named Kingsley in the United States since 1907, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 473 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 762 → 984).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 49%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Kingsley is used for both sexes: 24% of its bearers are girls (2,042), most of them born around 2020.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Kingsley | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 97 | |
| 1920s | 101 | |
| 1930s | 81 | |
| 1940s | 129 | |
| 1950s | 101 | |
| 1960s | 75 | |
| 1970s | 128 | |
| 1980s | 249 | |
| 1990s | 283 | |
| 2000s | 411 | |
| 2010s | 3,178 | |
| 2020s | 1,666 |
In 2016, its biggest year
Kingsley was the 584th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.
Names that rose and fell with Kingsley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Graysonpeak 2017
- Rockwellpeak 2017
- Lincolnpeak 2017
- Greysonpeak 2017
- Kasepeak 2018
- Henrikpeak 2018
- Rikerpeak 2015
- Rykerpeak 2018
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.