# King (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/king/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 37,890 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 37,850 / 40 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 647, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 5 | 4,941 |
| 1964 | 5 | 7,275 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,638 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,802 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,863 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,545 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 730 | 389 |
| 2012 | 1,434 | 257 |
| 2013 | 2,110 | 193 |
| 2014 | 2,438 | 175 |
| 2015 | 2,568 | 163 |
| 2016 | 2,672 | 153 |
| 2017 | 2,696 | 147 |
| 2018 | 2,613 | 149 |
| 2019 | 2,473 | 157 |
| 2020 | 2,268 | 171 |
| 2021 | 2,055 | 185 |
| 2022 | 1,656 | 222 |
| 2023 | 1,286 | 265 |
| 2024 | 1,006 | 342 |
| 2025 | 786 | 405 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 37 | 858 |
| 2017 | 67 | 572 |
| 2018 | 58 | 619 |
| 2019 | 57 | 628 |
| 2020 | 46 | 719 |
| 2021 | 35 | 871 |
| 2022 | 39 | 810 |
| 2023 | 42 | 779 |
| 2024 | 37 | 857 |
| 2025 | 35 | 896 |

## People named King

- 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)
- M. King Hubbert, American geoscientist (1903–1989)
- John King Fairbank, American sinologist (1907-1991)
- King Curtis, American saxophonist (1934–1971)
- King Krule, English singer-songwriter
- King Donovan, actor and director (1918-1987)
- King Fleming, American pianist (1922–2014)
- King Britt, American DJ and record producer
- Thomas King Carroll, American politician, Maryland (1793-1873)
- King O'Malley, Australian politician (1858-1953)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.