King
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 2,669 babies a year in the US.
How King has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #163 |
| 2016 | #153 |
| 2017 | #147 |
| 2018 | #149 |
| 2019 | #157 |
| 2020 | #171 |
| 2021 | #185 |
| 2022 | #222 |
| 2023 | #266 |
| 2024 | #342 |
| 2025 | #405 |
King by the numbers
In 2025, 35 babies in England and Wales were named King. In the US, 2,669 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 4,400 American boys born that year was called King.
What we can tell you about King
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of King. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like King
Names that are said the same way as King, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Kynng7 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as King
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