NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

King Boys

The U.S. popularity history of King: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 37,850 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
37,850
Peak year
2017 #147
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-46.6%

In the 2010s · Most used in TX in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011730#389
20121,434#257
20132,110#193
20142,438#175
20152,568#163
20162,672#153
20172,696#147
20182,613#149
20192,473#157
20202,268#171
20212,055#185
20221,656#222
20231,286#265
20241,006#342
2025786#405

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 2017

TX
289
CA
237
FL
224
GA
172
NY
162
NC
109

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