King

What King means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for King yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #163 in 2015, #405 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is King?

US: Falling: down from #163 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1279 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 2,696 boys got the name (#147 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,173 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,770 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in GA (1.13 per 1,000 boys), SC (1.13 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.92 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

King is #405 in the US and #896 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named King were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kyng98 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like King

Boys

• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*
• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
• Kingston#204Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #204 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Knox#196“round hill”^*

For a sister

• Paisley#67“pasture”^*
• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Charlotte#2Form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Brielle#143Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1972, with 6 babies
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• Penelope#22possibly “duck”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like King’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.