King

Where King comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for King.

King through the years
  1. 1855
    King Camp Gillette born
    American entrepreneur
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #325 among boys, with 27 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1894
    King Vidor born
    American film director, film producer, and screenwriter
  4. 2017
    Peak, #147
    2,696 babies named King, the most in any year.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #265.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • King Vidor · American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, 1894–1982
  • King Camp Gillette · American entrepreneur, 1855–1932
  • King Baggot · American actor, screenwriter and director, 1879–1948
  • King Curtis · American saxophonist, 1934–1971
  • King Krule · English singer-songwriter, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.