NameTides

Kingsley

Kingsley was the #1,095 boys' name in the US in 2025 (196 babies), and #329 in England & Wales and #713 in Canada.

Kingsley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kingsley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Kingsley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,095 (196)#329 (129)#495 (6)——#713 (38)
2024#983 (229)#369 (117)#619 (4)#305 (5)—#697 (38)
2023#849 (286)#371 (110)#435 (7)—#660 (4)#528 (52)
2022#738 (350)#275 (164)#472 (6)#352 (4)—#449 (63)
2021#702 (376)#291 (162)#316 (12)——#428 (69)
2020#625 (429)#283 (164)#536 (5)#270 (6)—#380 (81)
2019#643 (418)#274 (176)#516 (5)——#337 (96)
2018#643 (403)#340 (135)#433 (7)—#635 (4)#419 (71)
2017#653 (394)#343 (139)———#413 (73)
2016#584 (473)#375 (123)#592 (4)—#713 (3)#387 (79)
2015#749 (323)#536 (72)——#699 (3)#416 (73)
2014#760 (309)#550 (66)—#398 (3)#609 (4)#413 (72)
2013#927 (220)#637 (53)———#367 (81)
2012#863 (244)#671 (50)——#718 (3)#374 (79)
2011#991 (196)#546 (64)———#395 (72)

Kingsley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Kingsley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Kingsley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#1,710 (119)—#1,668 (14)
2024#1,664 (123)—#1,710 (13)
2023#1,391 (161)—#1,582 (14)
2022#1,190 (202)—#1,132 (22)
2021#1,095 (226)#5,581 (3)#1,335 (18)
2020#1,050 (238)—#1,193 (20)
2019#1,755 (117)—#1,922 (11)
2018#1,925 (103)—#1,376 (17)
2017#1,505 (147)—#1,123 (22)
2016#1,693 (126)—#1,230 (20)
2015#1,758 (119)—#1,757 (12)
2014#2,412 (75)—#2,026 (10)
2013#3,267 (49)—#2,376 (8)
2012#3,040 (55)—#2,338 (8)
2011#4,353 (33)—#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #584.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1907.
  • In 2025, 38% of US babies named Kingsley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,700 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 8,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kingsley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,300 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kingsley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #807MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,040CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,250TXFlorida: #1,009FL
Kingsley (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
Quebec2025#7165
Ontario2024#71916

Kingsley (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
KingsleyCanadaGirls#1,66814
KingsleyCanadaBoys#71338
KingsleyEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KingsleyEngland & WalesBoys#329129
KingsleyIrelandBoys—too few
KingsleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KingsleyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KingsleyScotlandBoys#4956
KingsleyUSGirls#1,710119
KingsleyUSBoys#1,095196