girls:
187 births since 2007
#5529 (3rd percentile)
boys:
42.5k births since 1919
#543 (88th percentile)
overall:
42.7k births since 1919
#1193 (85th percentile)
The name Kingston is the #1,193 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 42,684 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 84.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 84.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #543 (88.2% percentile) for all time with 42,497 births since 1919. For girls, it ranks #5,529 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 187 births since 2007.
Kingston first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for boys and 2007 for girls). Birth data for Kingston is available in 59 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (59 years for boys and 17 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 Kingston has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kingston reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 88.2% percentile (ranked #111) with 1,813 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 1,813 births per million (ranked 88.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kingston ranks #139 for boys (84.8% percentile) with 1,371 births per million, which is 75.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kingston reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #944) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kingston ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 43.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kingston".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kingston. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.3% confident that Kingston is pronounced as KIHNGS-tuhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KIHNG-stuhn, at 13.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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