# Kingsley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kingsley/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,874 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,709 / 2,165 (24% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,193, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 4,421 |
| 2012 | 55 | 3,064 |
| 2013 | 49 | 3,292 |
| 2014 | 75 | 2,433 |
| 2015 | 119 | 1,761 |
| 2016 | 126 | 1,700 |
| 2017 | 147 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 103 | 1,932 |
| 2019 | 117 | 1,756 |
| 2020 | 238 | 1,051 |
| 2021 | 226 | 1,096 |
| 2022 | 202 | 1,195 |
| 2023 | 161 | 1,400 |
| 2024 | 123 | 1,670 |
| 2025 | 119 | 1,719 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 196 | 992 |
| 2012 | 244 | 866 |
| 2013 | 220 | 929 |
| 2014 | 309 | 762 |
| 2015 | 323 | 751 |
| 2016 | 473 | 584 |
| 2017 | 394 | 653 |
| 2018 | 403 | 643 |
| 2019 | 418 | 643 |
| 2020 | 429 | 628 |
| 2021 | 376 | 702 |
| 2022 | 350 | 738 |
| 2023 | 286 | 849 |
| 2024 | 229 | 983 |
| 2025 | 196 | 1,096 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64 | 546 |
| 2012 | 50 | 671 |
| 2013 | 53 | 637 |
| 2014 | 66 | 550 |
| 2015 | 72 | 536 |
| 2016 | 123 | 375 |
| 2017 | 139 | 343 |
| 2018 | 135 | 340 |
| 2019 | 176 | 274 |
| 2020 | 164 | 283 |
| 2021 | 162 | 291 |
| 2022 | 164 | 275 |
| 2023 | 110 | 371 |
| 2024 | 117 | 369 |
| 2025 | 129 | 329 |

## People named Kingsley

- Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, critic and teacher (1922-1995)
- Kingsley Coman, French footballer (born 1996)
- Kingsley Ehizibue, Dutch association football player
- Kingsley Wood, British politician (1881-1943)
- Kingsley Davis, American sociologist and demographer (1908–1997)
- Kingsley A. Taft, American politician (1903-1970)
- Kingsley Benedict, actor (1878-1951)
- Joe Orton, English playwright (1933–1967)
- Dan Povenmire, American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor
- Kinsley S. Bingham, American politician (1808-1861)
- Pele van Anholt, Dutch footballer

## 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.