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Kingsley

#1,096 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

King + wood, clearing, through Kingsley

Kingsley has been given to 8,874 babies in the U.S. since 1907. In 2025 it ranked #1,096 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 473 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% boys, 24% girls all-time.

Babies named Kingsley, 2025

1 in 16,900

Kingsley over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kingsley over time

In 2025, Kingsley went to 38% girls and 62% boys.

19072025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kingsley: meaning, origin, and history

King + wood, clearing, through Kingsley

English

What Kingsley means

Kingsley belongs to the name family reached through Kingsley → Kingsley. Its meaning is “king + wood, clearing”.

Origin, language, and formation

Kingsley is used in Cebuano. Its origins include English.

Kingsley comes through English Kingsley.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kingsley.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,709 boys were recorded with the name Kingsley between 1907 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 473 in 2016; its best national rank was #584 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #628 in 2020 to #1,096 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #751 in 2015 to #1,096 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,165 girls were recorded with the name Kingsley between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 238 in 2020; its best national rank was #1,051 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,051 in 2020 to #1,719 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,761 in 2015 to #1,719 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kingsley?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 16,900
196 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 8,710
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,096
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
11,725 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kingsley sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 11,725 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kingsley. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kingsleys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kingsley was born before 2016 — so the typical Kingsley is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
47.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
80.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,294
People you could plausibly meet
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2010s — 47.4% of all recorded uses (3,181).

Is Kingsley rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−113
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−468
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−345
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.61×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
41.4%
Peak was 2016 (473)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#584
2016

Spellings of Kingsley

Kingsley is the most-used spelling, taking 89.4% of the 7,507 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kingsley is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kingsley was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 1,471 boys, against 1 in 4,763 across all states with data. It was least common in Kansas (1 in 14,286).

768 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 1,471
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 2,857
  3. 3Maryland1 in 2,857
  4. 4Mississippi1 in 2,857
  5. 5New York1 in 3,448
  6. 6North Carolina1 in 3,571
  7. 7Florida1 in 3,846
  8. 8Georgia1 in 3,846

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Kingsley is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 40% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Kingsley is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Kingsley was most concentrated in Tennessee — about 1 in 5,556 girls, against 1 in 12,831 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

118 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Tennessee1 in 5,556
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 7,143
  3. 3Arkansas1 in 8,333
  4. 4Iowa1 in 8,333
  5. 5Massachusetts1 in 9,091
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 10,000
  7. 7Missouri1 in 10,000
  8. 8Ohio1 in 10,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Kingsley around the world

Where Kingsley ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #329
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2010–2025
    #495
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2014–2024
    #305
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2002–2023
    #660
    in 2023
  • France
    1996–2025
    #513
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #706
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kingsley

People whose public names include Kingsley, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kingsley by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,096
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 468
Best rank ever
#584
2016
Peak year
2016
473 that year
First recorded
1907
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,709
Count in 2025
196

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,719
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 668
Best rank ever
#1,051
2020
Peak year
2020
238 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,165
Count in 2025
119

Names similar to Kingsley

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KinsleyMckinleyBrentleyKingstonKinleyKingstenFinnleyPresleyKingstynWestleyBrantleyKelleyMarleyKingstinChesleyHuxleyBerkleyKingsleeConleyBerkeleyCharleyOakleyDudleyKinnick

Names with a curve like Kingsley

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kingsley, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

CaysonFlynnGreyNixonKaseTitanLangstonAxtonRaylanPrincetonLennonZeke

Sibling names for Kingsley

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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