Kingsley
Kingsley is given to both girls and boys: 119 girls and 196 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,719 among girls’ names and #1,096 among boys’, #1,630 among all names counting both); 8,874 Americans have been recorded with it since 1907 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,380 Americans named Kingsley and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 5 and 14.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Kingsley by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Kingsley?
#1,096 among boys’ names, 2025
Kingsley fell from #751 in 2015 to #1,096 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.17 to 0.11 per 1,000.
667 babies in 2020, the peak
Kingsley peaked in 2020, when 667 babies were given it (429 boys, #628 among boys’ names). The 315 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 47% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 119 | #1,719 | 196 | #1,096 |
| 2024 | 123 | #1,670 | 229 | #983 |
| 2023 | 161 | #1,400 | 286 | #849 |
| 2022 | 202 | #1,195 | 350 | #738 |
| 2021 | 226 | #1,096 | 376 | #702 |
| 2020 | 238 | #1,051 | 429 | #628 |
| 2019 | 117 | #1,756 | 418 | #643 |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,932 | 403 | #643 |
| 2017 | 147 | #1,512 | 394 | #653 |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,700 | 473 | #584 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 119 | #1,761 | 323 | #751 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,433 | 309 | #762 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,291 | 220 | #929 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,063 | 244 | #866 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,420 | 196 | #992 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,492 | 201 | #982 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,059 | 87 | #1,759 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,505 | 69 | #2,034 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,312 | 43 | #2,786 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,333 | 39 | #2,908 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,610 | 30 | #3,350 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,317 | 17 | #4,903 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,848 | 26 | #3,487 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,681 | 40 | #2,488 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,748 | 26 | #3,366 |
| 2000 | under 5 | 34 | #2,706 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 21 | #3,644 | |
| 1998 | 5 | #15,384 | 38 | #2,331 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,434 | 23 | #3,217 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,679 | 26 | #2,872 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,620 | 27 | #2,725 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,618 | 32 | #2,423 |
| 1993 | under 5 | 31 | #2,428 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 36 | #2,147 | |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,278 | 23 | #2,871 |
| 1990 | under 5 | 26 | #2,579 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 31 | #2,219 | |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,070 | 26 | #2,331 |
| 1987 | under 5 | 23 | #2,426 | |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,420 | 27 | #2,134 |
| 1985 | under 5 | 29 | #1,995 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 26 | #2,072 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 26 | #2,052 | |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,812 | 29 | #1,916 |
| 1981 | under 5 | 20 | #2,453 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 12 | #3,520 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 13 | #3,266 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 14 | #2,999 | |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,392 | 20 | #2,319 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 10 | #3,615 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 13 | #3,004 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 9 | #3,709 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 18 | #2,277 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 10 | #3,255 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 8 | #3,806 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 13 | #2,686 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 6 | #4,182 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 9 | #2,999 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 6 | #3,781 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 6 | #3,735 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 8 | #3,122 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 8 | #3,163 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 9 | #2,961 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 8 | #3,176 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 7 | #3,522 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 8 | #3,217 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 10 | #2,736 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 9 | #2,933 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 14 | #2,233 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 8 | #3,089 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 8 | #3,096 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 11 | #2,536 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 10 | #2,626 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 9 | #2,785 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 10 | #2,569 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 12 | #2,271 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 10 | #2,530 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 8 | #2,908 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 13 | #2,210 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 12 | #2,210 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 7 | #2,879 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 16 | #1,785 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 25 | #1,418 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 13 | #2,099 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 15 | #1,859 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 10 | #2,406 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 16 | #1,762 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 7 | #3,028 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 7 | #3,047 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 9 | #2,537 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 8 | #2,829 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 5 | #3,952 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 14 | #2,053 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 7 | #3,252 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 8 | #3,161 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 11 | #2,516 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 5 | #4,454 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 11 | #2,620 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 6 | #3,970 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 10 | #2,849 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 18 | #1,936 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 8 | #3,318 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 12 | #2,568 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 7 | #3,711 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 13 | #2,394 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 21 | #1,667 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 14 | #2,220 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 14 | #2,138 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 14 | #2,097 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 9 | #2,730 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 11 | #2,043 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 9 | #2,020 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 5 | #2,737 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 7 | #1,149 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Kingsley a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 8,874 Americans recorded as Kingsley, 24% are girls and 76% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Kingsley: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Kingsley, and how old are they?
8,380 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 8,874 Americans ever recorded as Kingsley. The median Kingsley alive today is 9 years old; half are between 5 and 14.
The 2020 Census counted 6,673 people named Kingsley (1,094 women and girls, 5,579 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,695 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 43 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 120 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 161 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 458 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,430 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,170 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Kingsley born?
The states with the most babies named Kingsley are Texas, California and Georgia, with 42% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 27 | #1,274 | 0.8× |
| California | 26 | #1,062 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 16 | #957 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 13 | #1,034 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 13 | #984 | 0.5× |
| New York | 11 | #1,086 | 1.2× |
| Maryland | 8 | #608 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,092 | 0.7× |
| Indiana | 7 | #813 | 0.6× |
| Iowa | 7 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Kingsley is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Kingsley is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Kingsley with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 9,417 babies since 1880, Kingsley is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 315 of their 332 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Kingsley
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Kingsley and names like it
- Compare Kingsley and KingsleeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sKingsley peaked in 2020.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Kingsley since 1910.
- The top names of 2020The year the most babies were named Kingsley.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Kingsley alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with KMost given first.