How Many People Are Named Kingston?
people named Kingston are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,400 people in the US has this name
Based on 46,599 babies named Kingston in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,422 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "king's town" in Old English.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Kingston (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kingston alive today is about 8 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kingston first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 2021, to 3,422 babies. In 2025, 1,725 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kingston has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #112, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #204.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #204 |
| Best rank | #112 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #155 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kingston alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kingston were born in Texas than in any other state: about 4,392 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kingston was given 4 times as often in Mississippi, 3.9 times in Hawaii and 3.1 times in South Carolina.
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