NameTides

King

King was the #405 boys' name in the US in 2025 (786 babies), and #896 in England & Wales and #943 in Canada.

King as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
King as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
King as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#405 (786)#896 (35)——#943 (27)
2024#342 (1,006)#857 (37)——#729 (36)
2023#265 (1,286)#779 (42)#728 (3)—#738 (34)
2022#222 (1,656)#810 (39)——#727 (35)
2021#185 (2,055)#871 (35)——#805 (31)
2020#171 (2,268)#719 (46)——#517 (51)
2019#157 (2,473)#628 (57)——#533 (52)
2018#149 (2,613)#619 (58)——#562 (48)
2017#147 (2,696)#572 (67)——#608 (43)
2016#153 (2,672)#858 (37)——#622 (43)
2015#163 (2,568)#1,279 (20)——#847 (27)
2014#175 (2,438)#1,144 (23)—#715 (3)#833 (28)
2013#193 (2,110)#1,404 (17)——#944 (23)
2012#256 (1,434)#1,589 (15)——#996 (21)
2011#389 (730)#1,447 (16)——#1,118 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #147.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, King is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 2,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

King by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #375ILMichigan: #375MINew York: #407NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #579INOhio: #380OHPennsylvania: #427PANew Jersey: #412NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #453CAUtah: #561UTColorado: #571CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #336MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #329VAMaryland: #257MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #452TNNorth Carolina: #320NCSouth Carolina: #233SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: #337LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #214GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #351TXFlorida: #294FL
King (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#63618

King (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KingCanadaBoys#94327
KingEngland & WalesBoys#89635
KingIrelandBoys—too few
KingNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KingScotlandBoys—too few
KingUSGirls—too few
KingUSBoys#405786