Kingston

What Kingston means

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

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #204 vs #2,014 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kingston?

US: Falling: down from #142 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1279 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 3,410 boys got the name (#112 that year). First in the US records in 1919.

How common

• About 1 in 990 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 22,661 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 MS (4.06 per 1,000 boys), SC (3.3 per 1,000 boys), AR (3.1 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kingston is #204 in the US and #2014 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 Kingston 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

• Kyngston58 US
• Kingstyn34 US
• Kingsten31 US
• Kingstin12 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 Kingston

Boys

• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*
• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025

For a sister

• Evangeline#147“good news”^*
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*
• Isla#28Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #142 in 2015, #28 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Lyla#80Editor’s note Up from #141 in 2015 to #80 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records

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 Kingston’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.