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Kingsley: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 196 in 2025. Its best rank was #584 in 2016.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #584 in 2016; #1,096 in 2025. About 62% of babies named Kingsley in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,096 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2016, at #584.
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Kingsley: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 196 boys in 2025. Peak: #584 in 2016 · most boys in one year: 473 (2016).
In 2025, 196 US boys were named Kingsley, making it the 1,096th most common boys’ name of the year, down 113 places from #983 in 2024. That is 33 fewer than the 229 boys named Kingsley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #584, reached in 2016. That year also had the most boys given the name: 473. For comparison, it was #751 in 2015 and #2,272 in 1950.
In 2025, 119 US girls were named Kingsley, making it the 1,719th most common girls’ name of the year, down 49 places from #1,670 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 123 girls named Kingsley in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,051, reached in 2020. That year also had the most girls given the name: 238. For comparison, it was #1,761 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Kingsley in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1907 with 7 babies. In all, 8,874 US babies have been given the name, 24% of them girls and 76% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 4,051 babies named Kingsley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,554 US boys were named Kingsley; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 473. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,715 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Kingsley ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #608 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Kingslee, Kingsly and Kingzlee are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to King.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Kingslee (438), Kingsly (105), Kingzlee (19), Kingzley (12).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 38 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 8 | #608 | #673 |
| Indiana | 7 | #813 | #697 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #876 | #751 |
| Arizona | 6 | #895 | — |
| Georgia | 9 | #957 | #722 |
| Ohio | 8 | #984 | #959 |
| Florida | 13 | #1,034 | #711 |
| California | 20 | #1,062 | #757 |
| New York | 11 | #1,086 | #558 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,092 | #644 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,182 | #483 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,196 | — |
| Texas | 16 | #1,274 | #786 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| 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 |
| 2015 | 119 | #1,761 | 323 | #751 |
| 2014 | 75 | #2,433 | 309 | #762 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,292 | 220 | #929 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,064 | 244 | #866 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,421 | 196 | #992 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,493 | 201 | #982 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,060 | 87 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,506 | 69 | #2,035 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,315 | 43 | #2,787 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,335 | 39 | #2,909 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,615 | 30 | #3,354 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,323 | 17 | #4,908 |
| 2003 | 6 | #14,855 | 26 | #3,492 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,687 | 40 | #2,492 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,755 | 26 | #3,371 |
| 2000 | — | — | 34 | #2,711 |
| 1999 | — | — | 21 | #3,649 |
| 1998 | 5 | #15,391 | 38 | #2,334 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,439 | 23 | #3,222 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,685 | 26 | #2,877 |
| 1995 | 5 | #14,626 | 27 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,624 | 32 | #2,428 |
| 1993 | — | — | 31 | #2,434 |
| 1992 | — | — | 36 | #2,152 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,285 | 23 | #2,877 |
| 1990 | — | — | 26 | #2,584 |
| 1989 | — | — | 31 | #2,225 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,076 | 26 | #2,336 |
| 1987 | — | — | 23 | #2,430 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,424 | 27 | #2,136 |
| 1985 | — | — | 29 | #1,996 |
| 1984 | — | — | 26 | #2,073 |
| 1983 | — | — | 26 | #2,053 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,815 | 29 | #1,917 |
| 1981 | — | — | 20 | #2,454 |
| 1980 | — | — | 12 | #3,521 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,267 |
| 1978 | — | — | 14 | #3,000 |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,394 | 20 | #2,319 |
| 1976 | — | — | 10 | #3,617 |
| 1975 | — | — | 13 | #3,006 |
| 1974 | — | — | 9 | #3,711 |
| 1973 | — | — | 18 | #2,279 |
| 1972 | — | — | 10 | #3,257 |
| 1971 | — | — | 8 | #3,808 |
| 1970 | — | — | 13 | #2,687 |
| 1969 | — | — | 6 | #4,183 |
| 1968 | — | — | 9 | #3,000 |
| 1967 | — | — | 6 | #3,782 |
| 1966 | — | — | 6 | #3,736 |
| 1965 | — | — | 8 | #3,123 |
| 1964 | — | — | 8 | #3,164 |
| 1963 | — | — | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1962 | — | — | 8 | #3,177 |
| 1961 | — | — | 7 | #3,523 |
| 1960 | — | — | 8 | #3,218 |
| 1959 | — | — | 10 | #2,737 |
| 1958 | — | — | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1957 | — | — | 14 | #2,234 |
| 1956 | — | — | 8 | #3,090 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,097 |
| 1954 | — | — | 11 | #2,537 |
| 1953 | — | — | 10 | #2,627 |
| 1952 | — | — | 9 | #2,787 |
| 1951 | — | — | 10 | #2,570 |
| 1950 | — | — | 12 | #2,272 |
| 1949 | — | — | 10 | #2,531 |
| 1948 | — | — | 8 | #2,909 |
| 1947 | — | — | 13 | #2,211 |
| 1946 | — | — | 12 | #2,211 |
| 1945 | — | — | 7 | #2,880 |
| 1944 | — | — | 16 | #1,786 |
| 1943 | — | — | 25 | #1,419 |
| 1942 | — | — | 13 | #2,100 |
| 1941 | — | — | 15 | #1,859 |
| 1940 | — | — | 10 | #2,406 |
| 1939 | — | — | 16 | #1,762 |
| 1938 | — | — | 7 | #3,029 |
| 1937 | — | — | 7 | #3,047 |
| 1936 | — | — | 9 | #2,538 |
| 1935 | — | — | 8 | #2,829 |
| 1934 | — | — | 5 | #3,954 |
| 1932 | — | — | 14 | #2,053 |
| 1931 | — | — | 7 | #3,253 |
| 1930 | — | — | 8 | #3,163 |
| 1929 | — | — | 11 | #2,517 |
| 1928 | — | — | 5 | #4,456 |
| 1927 | — | — | 11 | #2,621 |
| 1926 | — | — | 6 | #3,972 |
| 1925 | — | — | 10 | #2,851 |
| 1924 | — | — | 18 | #1,936 |
| 1923 | — | — | 8 | #3,320 |
| 1922 | — | — | 12 | #2,569 |
| 1921 | — | — | 7 | #3,713 |
| 1920 | — | — | 13 | #2,395 |
| 1919 | — | — | 21 | #1,668 |
| 1918 | — | — | 14 | #2,221 |
| 1917 | — | — | 14 | #2,139 |
| 1916 | — | — | 14 | #2,098 |
| 1915 | — | — | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1914 | — | — | 11 | #2,044 |
| 1913 | — | — | 9 | #2,021 |
| 1912 | — | — | 5 | #2,738 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,150 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).