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King name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, King ranks #405 in male records (786 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
2025 male rank and count
#405 · 786 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 220 male records (1,006 to 786); rank moved from #342 to #405.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 1,269 male records (2,055 to 786); rank moved from #185 to #405.
Peak year in available data
2017: 2,696 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is King becoming more popular?

King's reported male count decreased by 220 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #342 to #405. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published female observation for King. That is not a count of zero.

King in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for KingFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.2,6960201620252016: 5 female records2017: 9 female records2018: 6 female records2019: 5 female records2021: 5 female records2016: 2,672 male records2017: 2,696 male records2018: 2,613 male records2019: 2,473 male records2020: 2,268 male records2021: 2,055 male records2022: 1,656 male records2023: 1,286 male records2024: 1,006 male records2025: 786 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025——786405
2024——1,006342
2023——1,286265
2022——1,656222
2021516,5452,055185
2020——2,268171
2019516,8632,473157
2018614,8022,613149
2017911,1842,696147
2016517,6382,672153

Questions about King’s popularity

How common is King in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, King ranks #405 in male records (786 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of King?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include King only.

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Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving King creates a match.

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