Kinston — #11443 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kinston

The Social Security Administration has registered 176 babies named Kinston between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kinston currently holds the #11443 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kinston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kinston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Kinston in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kinston 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 176 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.