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How popular is the name Kingston?
Births per year, rank history and how many Kingstons are alive today.
Kingston (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2014th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. The name peaked in 2008, when 34 babies were given the name, the 818th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2020, with 29 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2008; the 2025 figure is roughly 35% of its peak. Common short forms of Kingston include King.
The Kingston you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old. Half of all Kingstons born in England and Wales are between 6 and 17, and there are at least 420 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 Kingston - on average, only one in every 722 such rooms contains a Kingston.
How many babies are named Kingston each year?
Where does Kingston 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 Kingston most popular?
Kingston peaked in 2008, when 34 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Kingston?
At least 420 people named Kingston born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Kingston?
Most living Kingstons are between 6 and 17; the most common age is about 7.
Is Kingston becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2008 peak.