Baby Name Popularity Profile

Kingston

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Kingston.

✦ King's settlement 🌍 English Royal Modern
National Rank (2025) #204
All-Time Peak Rank #112 Achieved 2021
Total U.S. Births 46,406 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 99.6% Boy / 0.4% Girl Overwhelmingly Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1919 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2010s 3,410 births in 2021
πŸ’‘ The Kingston Vibe: Considered a Modern Trend. A contemporary choice reflecting current cultural naming rhythms and popularity brackets.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning King's settlement
Language Origin English
Origin Type single
Derived from an English surname and place name meaning 'king's settlement' or 'royal town'.
Common Nicknames
King Kins
Pronunciation: KING-stΙ™n
Themes & Categories
Royal Modern
Etymology confidence: High

πŸ“Š Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Kingston across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) -45.8%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) -41.9%
2015: 2,971 births 2,971 2016: 3,149 births 2017: 3,087 births 2018: 3,383 births 2019: 3,295 births 2020: 3,182 births 3,182 2021: 3,410 births 2022: 2,922 births 2023: 2,534 births 2024: 2,094 births 2025: 1,725 births 1,725
2015 2020 2025

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 3,410 births in 2021
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 19 yrs
Longest Streak 44 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 5
1920s: 9
1930s: 10
1940s: 31
1950s: 19
1960s: 7
1970s: 28
1980s: 61
1990s: 190
2000s: 4,528
2010s: 25,651
2020s: 15,867

πŸ“ Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Kingst-on
Letter Count 8 letters
Spelling Complexity Complex
Length Percentile Longer than 79% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 79.0% of SSA names. Starts with K, a letter used by only 7.8% of SSA names.

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πŸ“ Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Hawaii
Top States Hawaii, Nevada, South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia
States with Data 51
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Hawaii #137 451 2008 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada #376 463 2019 75.8% Decline
South Carolina #71 1,841 2015 38.1% Decline
Mississippi #48 1,470 2017 62.1% Decline
Georgia #113 2,919 2018 52.3% Decline
Tennessee #132 2,013 2017 45.9% Decline
Louisiana #87 1,626 2017 56.7% Decline
Arkansas #79 895 2019 47.3% Decline
Alabama #100 1,502 2021 53.5% Decline
Florida #237 2,321 2021 48.3% Decline
Utah #396 532 2020 71.4% Decline
Oklahoma #172 840 2021 43.1% Decline
Arizona #328 733 2016 52.0% Decline
North Carolina #187 1,700 2021 51.1% Decline
Virginia #218 1,336 2018 54.4% Decline
Texas #193 4,425 2021 28.9% Decline
Washington #303 927 2018 65.3% Decline
Kentucky #97 994 2018 23.6% Decline
Alaska Unranked 79 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #171 1,296 2018 54.1% Decline
Delaware #229 111 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #153 1,132 2019 45.2% Decline
Maryland #179 744 2018 29.2% Decline
Idaho #242 185 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon #340 410 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas #169 473 2018 17.9% Decline
Montana #154 126 2015 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #132 1,843 2021 20.0% Decline
South Dakota #164 128 2009 Insufficient historical volume
California #373 3,726 2015 51.6% Decline
Colorado #410 434 2019 46.4% Decline
Nebraska #362 253 2020 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia #126 317 2022 44.8% Decline
Wisconsin #253 676 2021 40.0% Decline
Michigan #188 1,266 2021 42.3% Decline
North Dakota #238 112 2014 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #271 419 2018 54.5% Decline
Minnesota #381 519 2023 58.3% Decline
New Mexico #290 136 2010 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #257 1,216 2019 47.6% Decline
Rhode Island #220 85 2019 Insufficient historical volume
District of Columbia Unranked 102 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #301 803 2018 35.6% Decline
Massachusetts #424 362 2014 58.6% Decline
Maine Unranked 63 2015 Insufficient historical volume
New Hampshire Unranked 42 2010 Insufficient historical volume
New York #396 1,027 2020 42.9% Decline
New Jersey #477 352 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut #539 119 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Wyoming Unranked 11 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Vermont Unranked 5 2011 Insufficient historical volume

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