Kingston
Boy · KINGZ-ton · English
Kingston is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “the king's estate or town”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 204th for boys in the US (1,725 babies).
What does Kingston mean?
English: English place name
“the king's estate or town”
From English place names such as Kingston upon Thames, where Anglo-Saxon kings were crowned; also the capital of Jamaica.
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- KINGZ-ton
Is Kingston a girl's or a boy's name?
Kingston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 1,725 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kingston in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Kingston, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 960th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 37 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kingston than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Kingston in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Kingston in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 33 | #960 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,082 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,043 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,136 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,293 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 37 | #837 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,172 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Kingston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #204among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,725about 1 in 990 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.4%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,725 boys in the US were named Kingston, making it the 204th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 117th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 3,410 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kingston than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Kingston in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kingston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,725 | #204 |
| 2024 | 2,094 | #176 |
| 2023 | 2,534 | #142 |
| 2022 | 2,922 | #126 |
| 2021 | 3,410 | #112 |
| 2020 | 3,182 | #117 |
| 2019 | 3,295 | #117 |
| 2018 | 3,383 | #117 |
| 2017 | 3,087 | #132 |
| 2016 | 3,149 | #132 |
| 2015 | 2,971 | #142 |
| 2014 | 2,602 | #158 |
| 2013 | 2,130 | #190 |
| 2012 | 1,778 | #210 |
| 2011 | 1,579 | #228 |
| 2010 | 1,677 | #214 |
| 2009 | 1,613 | #225 |
| 2008 | 1,535 | #241 |
| 2007 | 893 | #354 |
| 2006 | 204 | #926 |
| 2005 | 85 | #1,601 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,047 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 32 | #2,498 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
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