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Kingston

Boy's name · #204 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Kingston's best rank, #112, came in 2021; it has settled back to #204 today. Roughly 46,000 boys have been named Kingston since 1919.

Across the states

In recent years, Kingston ran 3–5× its national rate in Mississippi and Louisiana—ranked #48 in Mississippi in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Kingston ranks in other countries and regions.

#215 in New Zealand (2025) · #492 in Canada (2025) · #676 in Ireland (2025) · #2,014 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,667 in France (2025) · #395 in N. Ireland (2023) · #614 in Scotland (2023) · #815 in Sweden (2023) · #1,497 in Austria (2020) · #7,178 in Ecuador (2012).

Famous Kingstons

• Kingston Flemings — American basketball player (born 2007)
• Kingston Nkhatha — Zimbabwean footballer (born 1985)
• Kingston Nyamapfene — Nigerian academic (born 1948)
• Kingston Pease — American community leader in colonial Newport
• Kingston Papie Rhodes — United Nations official (born 1942)

In stories & tradition

• Kingston Koo — The Queen of News (TV series)

Similar names: Kyngston · Finn · Kingsley · Tatum · Langston · Paxton

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