King
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251 · #405 for boys in 2025, 786 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 2,696 births
- Debut · boys
- 27 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 37,850since 1880
King over time
Rank among boys' names. King has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #405 | 786 | |
| 2024 | — | #342 | 1,006 | |
| 2023 | — | #265 | 1,286 | |
| 2022 | — | #222 | 1,656 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #185 | 2,055 |
| 2020 | — | #171 | 2,268 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #157 | 2,473 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #149 | 2,613 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #147 | 2,696 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #153 | 2,672 |
| 2015 | — | #163 | 2,568 | |
| 2014 | — | #175 | 2,438 | |
| 2013 | — | #193 | 2,110 | |
| 2012 | — | #256 | 1,434 | |
| 2011 | — | #389 | 730 | |
| 2010 | — | #398 | 706 | |
| 2009 | — | #461 | 591 | |
| 2008 | — | #708 | 329 | |
| 2007 | — | #720 | 321 | |
| 2006 | — | #893 | 219 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,105 | 149 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,671 | 77 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,739 | 70 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,943 | 57 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,777 | 63 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,585 | 74 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,063 | 46 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,871 | 52 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,991 | 45 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,183 | 38 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,055 | 40 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,753 | 50 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,933 | 42 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,981 | 40 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,952 | 39 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,702 | 47 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,359 | 28 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,090 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,917 | 31 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,569 | 41 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,796 | 31 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,787 | 31 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,264 | 54 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,520 | 40 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,965 | 28 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,464 | 41 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,570 | 36 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,823 | 28 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,658 | 30 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,832 | 25 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,817 | 24 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,307 | 41 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,466 | 34 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,523 | 31 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,570 | 27 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,165 | 42 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,231 | 37 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,237 | 37 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,106 | 45 | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #867 | 77 |
| 1963 | — | #1,195 | 42 | |
| 1962 | — | #996 | 59 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,349 | 35 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,058 | 53 | |
| 1959 | — | #993 | 60 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,049 | 53 | |
| 1957 | — | #944 | 64 | |
| 1956 | — | #969 | 59 | |
| 1955 | — | #898 | 68 | |
| 1954 | — | #826 | 77 | |
| 1953 | — | #903 | 63 | |
| 1952 | — | #729 | 93 | |
| 1951 | — | #781 | 81 | |
| 1950 | — | #721 | 90 | |
| 1949 | — | #774 | 79 | |
| 1948 | — | #733 | 84 | |
| 1947 | — | #771 | 79 | |
| 1946 | — | #746 | 78 | |
| 1945 | — | #671 | 80 | |
| 1944 | — | #687 | 82 | |
| 1943 | — | #692 | 86 | |
| 1942 | — | #615 | 105 | |
| 1941 | — | #739 | 70 | |
| 1940 | — | #697 | 75 | |
| 1939 | — | #629 | 87 | |
| 1938 | — | #622 | 91 | |
| 1937 | — | #637 | 85 | |
| 1936 | — | #710 | 71 | |
| 1935 | — | #750 | 67 | |
| 1934 | — | #630 | 91 | |
| 1933 | — | #657 | 79 | |
| 1932 | — | #769 | 67 | |
| 1931 | — | #711 | 73 | |
| 1930 | — | #645 | 90 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #630 | 94 |
| 1928 | — | #702 | 81 | |
| 1927 | — | #702 | 85 | |
| 1926 | — | #585 | 113 | |
| 1925 | — | #654 | 95 | |
| 1924 | — | #612 | 109 | |
| 1923 | — | #640 | 100 | |
| 1922 | — | #605 | 114 | |
| 1921 | — | #647 | 99 | |
| 1920 | — | #604 | 108 | |
| 1919 | — | #545 | 120 | |
| 1918 | — | #651 | 89 | |
| 1917 | — | #623 | 90 | |
| 1916 | — | #565 | 102 | |
| 1915 | — | #528 | 111 | |
| 1914 | — | #583 | 74 | |
| 1913 | — | #573 | 58 | |
| 1912 | — | #465 | 72 | |
| 1911 | — | #525 | 32 | |
| 1910 | — | #376 | 47 | |
| 1909 | — | #453 | 31 | |
| 1908 | — | #383 | 37 | |
| 1907 | — | #366 | 37 | |
| 1906 | — | #411 | 28 | |
| 1905 | — | #452 | 24 | |
| 1904 | — | #431 | 24 | |
| 1903 | — | #487 | 19 | |
| 1902 | — | #367 | 29 | |
| 1901 | — | #506 | 15 | |
| 1900 | — | #385 | 33 | |
| 1899 | — | #384 | 23 | |
| 1898 | — | #377 | 27 | |
| 1897 | — | #327 | 32 | |
| 1896 | — | #400 | 24 | |
| 1895 | — | #390 | 24 | |
| 1894 | — | #419 | 20 | |
| 1893 | — | #371 | 23 | |
| 1892 | — | #375 | 26 | |
| 1891 | — | #497 | 13 | |
| 1890 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1889 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1888 | — | #353 | 27 | |
| 1887 | — | #488 | 13 | |
| 1886 | — | #357 | 23 | |
| 1885 | — | #344 | 25 | |
| 1884 | — | #352 | 25 | |
| 1883 | — | #359 | 22 | |
| 1882 | — | #347 | 26 | |
| 1881 | — | #375 | 20 | |
| 1880 | — | #325 | 27 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, King was already there! It came in at #325, and was given to 27 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.
Where King is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#206 · 1 in 1,411
- Georgia#274 · 1 in 2,177
- Indiana#285 · 1 in 3,392
- Virginia#288 · 1 in 2,636
- Mississippi#339 · 1 in 2,701
Best ever in a state: #42 in District of Columbia, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #206 | 15 | 1 in 1,411 |
| Georgia | #274 | 12 | 1 in 2,177 |
| Indiana | #285 | 6 | 1 in 3,392 |
| Virginia | #288 | 7 | 1 in 2,636 |
| Mississippi | #339 | 6 | 1 in 2,701 |
| South Carolina | #358 | 5 | 1 in 3,352 |
| Ohio | #434 | 5 | 1 in 8,121 |
| North Carolina | #475 | 5 | 1 in 5,028 |
| Texas | #504 | 9 | 1 in 4,252 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about King
- 63 spots since 2024 (#342 → #405)
- 234 spots since 2020 (#171 → #405)
- 242 spots since 2015 (#163 → #405)
- Biggest jump: 353 spots in 1962 (#1,349 → #996)
- Biggest drop: 239 spots in 1965 (#867 → #1,106)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2017 at #147 (2,696 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 101 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Highest: 1 in 687 boys born in 2017 were named King (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,173 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 54.0% of all boys named King (20,440) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 229 | #325 (1880) | #369 |
| 1890s | 233 | #327 (1897) | #393 |
| 1900s | 277 | #366 (1907) | #424 |
| 1910s | 795 | #376 (1910) | #543 |
| 1920s | 998 | #585 (1926) | #638 |
| 1930s | 801 | #622 (1938) | #676 |
| 1940s | 818 | #615 (1942) | #713 |
| 1950s | 708 | #721 (1950) | #881 |
| 1960s | 454 | #867 (1964) | #1,177 |
| 1970s | 316 | #1,307 (1972) | #1,633 |
| 1980s | 335 | #1,264 (1982) | #1,883 |
| 1990s | 439 | #1,702 (1990) | #1,948 |
| 2000s | 1,950 | #461 (2009) | #1,260 |
| 2010s | 20,440 | #147 (2017) | #218 |
| 2020s | 9,057 | #171 (2020) | #265 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
King in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 8,726 of them was named King, which outranked 87.5% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).