girls:
1.9k births since 1977
#3889 (32nd percentile)
boys:
6.3k births since 1907
#1489 (68th percentile)
overall:
8.2k births since 1907
#2984 (61st percentile)
The name Kingsley is the #2,984 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,192 recorded births since 1907. This represents the 61.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,489 (67.5% percentile) for all time with 6,277 births since 1907. For girls, it ranks #3,889 (31.9% percentile) for all time with 1,915 births since 1977.
Kingsley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1907 (1907 for boys and 1977 for girls). Birth data for Kingsley is available in 112 out of the 117 years between 1907 and 2023 (112 years for boys and 33 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kingsley has been given predominantly to boys, with 76.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 64.4% of babies named Kingsley were boys.
For boys, Kingsley reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 43.2% percentile (ranked #524) with 234 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 234 births per million (ranked 43.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kingsley ranks #638 for boys (30.0% percentile) with 155 births per million, which is 66.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kingsley reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 24.7% percentile (ranked #708) with 135 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 135 births per million (ranked 24.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1998, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kingsley ranks #795 for girls (16.1% percentile) with 90 births per million, which is 66.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kingsley".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kingsley. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Kingsley is pronounced as KIHNGZ-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIHNG-zlee, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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