Kingjames — boys' name
163 babies named Kingjames in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
163 boys have been named Kingjames since 2008, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2022.
- 163
- total births
- 2008–2022
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
74% of everyone ever named Kingjames was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Kingjames in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kingjames
The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Kingjames between 2008 and 2022, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kingjames currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kingjames performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kingjames shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kingjames in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kingjames in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 163 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kingjames at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kingjames popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2008
- Peak year (2014)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
163 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 20 births in a single year.
Kingjames by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 120 births that decade — 74% of Kingjames's all-time total
Kingjames decade highlights
- Peak decade 120 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kingjames's strongest decade
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
Kingjames by state
Where Kingjames concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 163 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2008–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.