Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kingsley**

#1,264 most common boys' name of all time · #3,026 across all names · 76% male / 24% female · used 1907–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,264
Rank overall
#3,026 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
8,874
Since 2016
5,116
Peak year
2020 #626
Best rank
#584 2016
Girls Boys peak 667/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kingsley first appears in 1907. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 119 196 315 #1,095
2024 123 229 352 #984
2023 161 286 447 #849
2022 202 350 552 #738
2021 226 376 602 #702
2020 238 429 667 #626
2019 117 418 535 #643
2018 103 403 506 #643
2017 147 394 541 #653
2016 126 473 599 #584
2015 119 323 442 #749
2014 75 309 384 #760
2013 49 220 269 #928
2012 55 244 299 #864
2011 33 196 229 #992
2010 46 201 247 #980
2009 38 87 125 #1,756
2008 34 69 103 #2,028
2007 27 43 70 #2,772
2006 17 39 56 #2,887
2005 13 30 43 #3,332
2004 10 17 27 #4,811
2003 6 26 32 #3,449
2002 9 40 49 #2,475
2001 10 26 36 #3,329
2000 — 34 34 #2,683
1999 — 21 21 #3,607
1998 5 38 43 #2,318
1997 9 23 32 #3,176
1996 6 26 32 #2,849
1995 5 27 32 #2,692
1994 6 32 38 #2,396
1993 — 31 31 #2,408
1992 — 36 36 #2,135
1991 5 23 28 #2,843
1990 — 26 26 #2,568
1989 — 31 31 #2,216
1988 6 26 32 #2,320
1987 — 23 23 #2,415
1986 9 27 36 #2,116
1985 — 29 29 #1,985
1984 — 26 26 #2,054
1983 — 26 26 #2,040
1982 6 29 35 #1,903
1981 — 20 20 #2,433
1980 — 12 12 #3,472
1979 — 13 13 #3,217
1978 — 14 14 #2,963
1977 5 20 25 #2,287
1976 — 10 10 #3,517
1975 — 13 13 #2,950
1974 — 9 9 #3,626
1973 — 18 18 #2,246
1972 — 10 10 #3,212
1971 — 8 8 #3,726
1970 — 13 13 #2,661
1969 — 6 6 #4,039
1968 — 9 9 #2,964
1967 — 6 6 #3,677
1966 — 6 6 #3,626
1965 — 8 8 #3,073
1964 — 8 8 #3,115
1963 — 9 9 #2,925
1962 — 8 8 #3,120
1961 — 7 7 #3,433
1960 — 8 8 #3,162
1959 — 10 10 #2,722
1958 — 9 9 #2,899
1957 — 14 14 #2,231
1956 — 8 8 #3,049
1955 — 8 8 #3,051
1954 — 11 11 #2,501
1953 — 10 10 #2,599
1952 — 9 9 #2,756
1951 — 10 10 #2,570
1950 — 12 12 #2,268
1949 — 10 10 #2,514
1948 — 8 8 #2,862
1947 — 13 13 #2,215
1946 — 12 12 #2,202
1945 — 7 7 #2,839
1944 — 16 16 #1,777
1943 — 25 25 #1,418
1942 — 13 13 #2,097
1941 — 15 15 #1,878
1940 — 10 10 #2,408
1939 — 16 16 #1,761
1938 — 7 7 #2,985
1937 — 7 7 #3,003
1936 — 9 9 #2,536
1935 — 8 8 #2,825
1934 — 5 5 #3,798
1932 — 14 14 #2,056
1931 — 7 7 #3,175
1930 — 8 8 #3,114
1929 — 11 11 #2,516
1928 — 5 5 #4,278
1927 — 11 11 #2,594
1926 — 6 6 #3,831
1925 — 10 10 #2,819
1924 — 18 18 #1,945
1923 — 8 8 #3,267
1922 — 12 12 #2,539
1921 — 7 7 #3,609
1920 — 13 13 #2,397
1919 — 21 21 #1,676
1918 — 14 14 #2,215
1917 — 14 14 #2,148
1916 — 14 14 #2,103
1915 — 9 9 #2,704
1914 — 11 11 #2,058
1913 — 9 9 #2,034
1912 — 5 5 #2,682
1907 — 7 7 #1,197