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How popular is the name King?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kings are alive today.
King (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 896th in 2025 with 35 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2017, when 67 babies were given the name, the 572nd most popular that year. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
The King you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Kings born in England and Wales are between 5 and 13, and there are at least 680 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called King - on average, only one in every 446 such rooms contains a King.
How many babies are named King each year?
Where does King rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name King most popular?
King peaked in 2017, when 67 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called King?
At least 680 people named King born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical King?
Most living Kings are between 5 and 13; the most common age is about 8.
Is King becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.