Kingston

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kingston: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kingston: Recorded since 1996, it reached #54 in 2010, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#54highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
2004	#3651
2005	#3849
2006	#2087
2007	#1306
2008	#818
2009	#1265
2010	#1620
2011	#1303
2012	#1507
2013	#1404
2014	#1117
2015	#1279
2016	#1804
2017	#2052
2018	#1061
2019	#1056
2020	#962
2021	#1329
2022	#1179
2023	#1701
2024	#1460

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1460 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2020
Highest recorded position: #54 among boys in New Zealand, in 2010 (recorded 2007–2020).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kingston appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 376 births with the name.

Kingston across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kingston's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#818 (2008)	#1460 (2024)	22 of 29	376 (1996–2024)	34 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#315 (2007)	#315 (2007)	#395 (2023)	2 of 17	7 (2007–2023)	4 (2007)
New Zealand · Boys	#71 (2007)	#54 (2010)	#92 (2020)	12 of 14	798 (2007–2020)	94 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#601 (2016)	#601 (2016)	#676 (2025)	6 of 10	21 (2016–2025)	4 (2016)

Kingston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kingston in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	84	6 of 10	14
2010s	186	10 of 10	19
2020sbusiest	103	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kingston appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #54 in New Zealand in 2010.

Kingston's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1179	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1329	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#962	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1056	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1117	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1303	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#818	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#92	52	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#92	54	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#86	62	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#92	56	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#92	58	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#86	57	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#78	61	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#78	59	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#54	94	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#64	77	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#61	91	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#71	77	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#315	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #54, first reached in 2010.

It held a top-100 place in 12 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 94 births, registered in New Zealand in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Kinga · #236, 51y
Kingsley · #270, 29y
Kinley · #3332, 15y
Kinsley · #856, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Darrin · #58, 18y
Myla · #63, 24y
Maeva · #70, 22y
Romi · #72, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ezekiel · #54, 30y
Abby · #55, 33y
Aoibhe · #55, 31y
Cadhla · #53, 28y

Kingston was ranked #54 in New Zealand · Boys in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kingston and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kingston without appearing here.

Kingston moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1460 and #5119.
Espen Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3849 and #3849 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1265 and #4527.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1265 and #4527.
Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3651 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1620 and #4678.

Moved ahead of Kingston

Aksel Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1179 and #1224 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1701 and #1461.
Finlay Compare
In 2016 they stood at #601 and #713 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #710 and #610.
Theodore Compare
In 2014 they stood at #86 and #87 in New Zealand · Boys; by 2015 that had become #92 and #62.
Carter Compare
In 2010 they stood at #54 and #57 in New Zealand · Boys; by 2011 that had become #78 and #53.

Moved the opposite way to Kingston

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kingston went from #2863 to #1460 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kingston went from #2863 to #1460 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kingston went from #2863 to #1460 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kingston went from #2863 to #1460 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Kingston

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kingston went from #2863 to #1460 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kingston went from #2863 to #1460 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kingston went from #2863 to #1460 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Kingston went from #2863 to #1460 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #54 in New Zealand in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kingston

Kingston at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kingston across 4 official records

Kingston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kingston appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kingston

Kingston and the names beside it

Kingston moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kingston

Moved the opposite way to Kingston

Moved the same way as Kingston

Kingston at a glance

Kingston across 4 official records

Kingston by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kingston appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Kingston

Kingston and the names beside it

Kingston moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Kingston

Moved the opposite way to Kingston

Moved the same way as Kingston