for boys in 2025
Data through 2025
King name popularity in the United States
King ranked #405 for boys in 2025. SSA recorded 786 boys named King.
SSA
2,696 recorded
since 2020
Popularity over time
King for boys and girls
Girls
5Share unavailable · data from 1929 to 2021
Boys
786100.0% in 2025 · data from 1880 to 2025
King in other countries and regions
Recent year-by-year data
The latest published years are shown first.
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | boys | 786 | #405 |
| 2024 | boys | 1,006 | #342 |
| 2023 | boys | 1,286 | #265 |
| 2022 | boys | 1,656 | #222 |
| 2021 | boys | 2,055 | #185 |
| 2021 | girls | 5 | #15251 |
| 2020 | boys | 2,268 | #171 |
| 2019 | boys | 2,473 | #157 |
| 2019 | girls | 5 | #15539 |
| 2018 | boys | 2,613 | #149 |
| 2018 | girls | 6 | #13793 |
| 2017 | boys | 2,696 | #147 |
Show full history (153 rows)
| Year | Group | Recorded count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | boys | 786 | #405 |
| 2024 | boys | 1,006 | #342 |
| 2023 | boys | 1,286 | #265 |
| 2022 | boys | 1,656 | #222 |
| 2021 | boys | 2,055 | #185 |
| 2021 | girls | 5 | #15251 |
| 2020 | boys | 2,268 | #171 |
| 2019 | boys | 2,473 | #157 |
| 2019 | girls | 5 | #15539 |
| 2018 | boys | 2,613 | #149 |
| 2018 | girls | 6 | #13793 |
| 2017 | boys | 2,696 | #147 |
| 2017 | girls | 9 | #10689 |
| 2016 | boys | 2,672 | #153 |
| 2016 | girls | 5 | #16215 |
| 2015 | boys | 2,568 | #163 |
| 2014 | boys | 2,438 | #175 |
| 2013 | boys | 2,110 | #193 |
| 2012 | boys | 1,434 | #256 |
| 2011 | boys | 730 | #389 |
| 2010 | boys | 706 | #398 |
| 2009 | boys | 591 | #461 |
| 2008 | boys | 329 | #708 |
| 2007 | boys | 321 | #720 |
| 2006 | boys | 219 | #893 |
| 2005 | boys | 149 | #1105 |
| 2004 | boys | 77 | #1671 |
| 2003 | boys | 70 | #1739 |
| 2002 | boys | 57 | #1943 |
| 2001 | boys | 63 | #1777 |
| 2000 | boys | 74 | #1585 |
| 1999 | boys | 46 | #2063 |
| 1998 | boys | 52 | #1871 |
| 1997 | boys | 45 | #1991 |
| 1996 | boys | 38 | #2183 |
| 1995 | boys | 40 | #2055 |
| 1994 | boys | 50 | #1753 |
| 1993 | boys | 42 | #1933 |
| 1992 | boys | 40 | #1981 |
| 1991 | boys | 39 | #1952 |
| 1990 | boys | 47 | #1702 |
| 1989 | boys | 28 | #2359 |
| 1988 | boys | 30 | #2090 |
| 1987 | boys | 21 | #2559 |
| 1986 | boys | 31 | #1917 |
| 1985 | boys | 41 | #1569 |
| 1984 | boys | 31 | #1796 |
| 1983 | boys | 31 | #1787 |
| 1982 | boys | 54 | #1264 |
| 1981 | boys | 40 | #1520 |
| 1980 | boys | 28 | #1965 |
| 1979 | boys | 41 | #1464 |
| 1978 | boys | 36 | #1570 |
| 1977 | boys | 28 | #1823 |
| 1976 | boys | 26 | #1873 |
| 1975 | boys | 30 | #1658 |
| 1974 | boys | 25 | #1832 |
| 1973 | boys | 24 | #1817 |
| 1972 | boys | 41 | #1307 |
| 1971 | boys | 34 | #1466 |
| 1970 | boys | 31 | #1523 |
| 1969 | boys | 27 | #1570 |
| 1968 | boys | 42 | #1165 |
| 1967 | boys | 37 | #1231 |
| 1966 | boys | 37 | #1237 |
| 1965 | boys | 45 | #1106 |
| 1964 | boys | 77 | #867 |
| 1964 | girls | 5 | #6767 |
| 1963 | boys | 42 | #1195 |
| 1962 | boys | 59 | #996 |
| 1961 | boys | 35 | #1349 |
| 1960 | boys | 53 | #1058 |
| 1959 | boys | 60 | #993 |
| 1958 | boys | 53 | #1049 |
| 1957 | boys | 64 | #944 |
| 1956 | boys | 59 | #969 |
| 1955 | boys | 68 | #898 |
| 1954 | boys | 77 | #826 |
| 1953 | boys | 63 | #903 |
| 1952 | boys | 93 | #729 |
| 1951 | boys | 81 | #781 |
| 1950 | boys | 90 | #721 |
| 1949 | boys | 79 | #774 |
| 1948 | boys | 84 | #733 |
| 1947 | boys | 79 | #771 |
| 1946 | boys | 78 | #746 |
| 1945 | boys | 80 | #671 |
| 1944 | boys | 82 | #687 |
| 1943 | boys | 86 | #692 |
| 1942 | boys | 105 | #615 |
| 1941 | boys | 70 | #739 |
| 1940 | boys | 75 | #697 |
| 1939 | boys | 87 | #629 |
| 1938 | boys | 91 | #622 |
| 1937 | boys | 85 | #637 |
| 1936 | boys | 71 | #710 |
| 1935 | boys | 67 | #750 |
| 1934 | boys | 91 | #630 |
| 1933 | boys | 79 | #657 |
| 1932 | boys | 67 | #769 |
| 1931 | boys | 73 | #711 |
| 1930 | boys | 90 | #645 |
| 1929 | boys | 94 | #630 |
| 1929 | girls | 5 | #4570 |
| 1928 | boys | 81 | #702 |
| 1927 | boys | 85 | #702 |
| 1926 | boys | 113 | #585 |
| 1925 | boys | 95 | #654 |
| 1924 | boys | 109 | #612 |
| 1923 | boys | 100 | #640 |
| 1922 | boys | 114 | #605 |
| 1921 | boys | 99 | #647 |
| 1920 | boys | 108 | #604 |
| 1919 | boys | 120 | #545 |
| 1918 | boys | 89 | #651 |
| 1917 | boys | 90 | #623 |
| 1916 | boys | 102 | #565 |
| 1915 | boys | 111 | #528 |
| 1914 | boys | 74 | #583 |
| 1913 | boys | 58 | #573 |
| 1912 | boys | 72 | #465 |
| 1911 | boys | 32 | #525 |
| 1910 | boys | 47 | #376 |
| 1909 | boys | 31 | #453 |
| 1908 | boys | 37 | #383 |
| 1907 | boys | 37 | #366 |
| 1906 | boys | 28 | #411 |
| 1905 | boys | 24 | #452 |
| 1904 | boys | 24 | #431 |
| 1903 | boys | 19 | #487 |
| 1902 | boys | 29 | #367 |
| 1901 | boys | 15 | #506 |
| 1900 | boys | 33 | #385 |
| 1899 | boys | 23 | #384 |
| 1898 | boys | 27 | #377 |
| 1897 | boys | 32 | #327 |
| 1896 | boys | 24 | #400 |
| 1895 | boys | 24 | #390 |
| 1894 | boys | 20 | #419 |
| 1893 | boys | 23 | #371 |
| 1892 | boys | 26 | #375 |
| 1891 | boys | 13 | #497 |
| 1890 | boys | 21 | #389 |
| 1889 | boys | 21 | #388 |
| 1888 | boys | 27 | #353 |
| 1887 | boys | 13 | #488 |
| 1886 | boys | 23 | #357 |
| 1885 | boys | 25 | #344 |
| 1884 | boys | 25 | #352 |
| 1883 | boys | 22 | #359 |
| 1882 | boys | 26 | #347 |
| 1881 | boys | 20 | #375 |
| 1880 | boys | 27 | #325 |
Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.