first name
KINGSTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 25,248 people named Kingston, 42.6% reported their origin as Black, 24.4% as White and 15.6% as two or more races. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Kingston peaked in 2021, when 3,422 babies got the name.
At least 46,599 babies have been given the name since 1919. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Kingston by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #254. The largest share of babies named Kingston, 78.6%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Kingston is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Kingston has been most common in Hawaii (3.2×), Nevada (3×), and South Carolina (2.8×), and least common in Connecticut (0.24×).
45,560 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Kingston
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kingston, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Kingston ranks #5,012 of 156,621, with 6,786 people. See Kingston as a last name
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